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War to the Knife: Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
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War to the Knife: Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861 Paperback - 2004

by Thomas Goodrich

A powerful narrative of the bloody prologue to the Civil War, "War to the Knife" covers the 1854 shooting war between pro-slavery men in Missouri and free-staters in Kansas over control of the Kansas territory. 30 photos.


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Long before the secession crisis at Fort Sumter ignited the War between the States, men fought and died on the prairies of Kansas over the incendiary issue of slavery. "War to the knife and knife to the hilt," cried the Atchison Squatter Sovereign. In 1854 a shooting war developed between proslavery men from Missouri and free-staters in Kansas over control of the territory. The prize was whether Kansas would become a slave or a free state when admitted to the Union, a question that could decide the balance of power in Washington. War to the Knife is an absorbing account of a bloody episode in our nation's past, told in the unforgettable words of the men and women involved: Robert E. Lee, William Tecumseh Sherman, Sara Robinson, Jeb Stuart, Abraham Lincoln, William F. Cody, and John Brown-hailed as a prophet by some, denounced as a madman by others. Because the conflict soon spread east, events in "Bleeding Kansas" have largely been forgotten. But as historian Thomas Goodrich reveals in this compelling saga, what America's "first civil war" lacked in numbers, it more than made up for in ferocity. Thomas Goodrich is the author of Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865 and the coauthor of The Day Dixie Died: Southern Occupation, 1865-1866.

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  • Title War to the Knife: Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
  • Author Thomas Goodrich
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First edition th
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bison, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-11-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780803271142 / 080327114X
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.16 x 6.02 x 0.66 in (23.27 x 15.29 x 1.68 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Heartland
    • Cultural Region: Upper Midwest
    • Geographic Orientation: Kansas
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,, Kansas - Politics and government - 1854-1861
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004011001
  • Dewey Decimal Code 978.102

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Thomas Goodrich is the author of Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865 and the coauthor of The Day Dixie Died: Southern Occupation, 1865-1866.
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