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West of Wichita: Settling the High Plains of Kansas

West of Wichita: Settling the High Plains of Kansas

Paperback

Regional: Midwest

ISBN10: 0700603646
ISBN13: 9780700603640
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: May 12 1986
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.72 Width: 7.06 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
This volume, which presents a slice-of-life on the Plains during its early settlement, adds rich detail to our understanding of the struggle for survival in a harsh landscape that tested the hardiest pioneer. Miner concentrates not only on the major economic events of the period--railroad building, Indian raids, the grasshopper invasion of 1874, the blizzard of 1886--but also on the more personal experiences equally important: building sod houses, choosing crops, filing of claims, fighting varmints, and dealing with the deaths of children on the prairie.

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