The Englishman in Kansas or Squatter Life and Border Warfare
by T.H. Gladstone
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0803257422
- ISBN 13
- 9780803257429
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$23.00A$16.10
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About This Item
Lincoln, NE: Bison Books / University of Nebraska Press , 1971 Bison Books / University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 1971. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Bison Book Printing, October 1971. This is a facsimile reproduction of 1857 edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light rubbing to wraps; superficial scratches on rear wrap. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 328 pp 8vo. This book is a first-hand account of the frontier and of "Bleeding Kansas" written in 1856 by a correspondent of the London Times. It figured in the political controversy of the 1850s and is a staple of Western and Civil War history. It offers vignettes of "border ruffians" and frontiersmen, incidents of western travels, scenes of life in towns and on the plains, and a point of view about the factions clashing in Kansas. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015338
- Title
- The Englishman in Kansas or Squatter Life and Border Warfare
- Author
- T.H. Gladstone
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0803257422
- ISBN 13
- 9780803257429
- Publisher
- Bison Books / University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, NE
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Civil War, Civil War in Kansas, Border Ruffians, Frontiersmen, Bleeding Kansas, Kansas/Nebraska Act, slavery, Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, Dred Scott, Kansas History, Western United States history.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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