Globe Pequot / TwoDot
Pages: 224
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978-1-4930-0598-7 • eBook • August 2013 • $15.99 • (£11.95)
Subjects: History / United States / General,
History / United States / 19th Century,
History / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Linda Johnston began reading pioneer diaries in 1986 and never stopped. Though her own emigration to Kansas came 140 years after the accounts included in this book, she understood the apprehension of leaving home and friends for an unfamiliar place. Extensive archival research enabled her to present these writings in their historical context and to bring them into conversation with one another. Her background as an artist and naturalist gives a unique perspective on these 60 remarkable individuals who wrote of their hope amid hardship and challenges.
Voices from the Kansas frontier
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nineteenth-century Kansas