The War In Kansas: A Rough Trip To The Border, Among New Homes And A Strange People (1856) - Couverture souple

Brewerton, George Douglas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1104923068 ISBN 13 : 9781104923068

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2009

Synopsis

The War In Kansas: A Rough Trip To The Border, Among New Homes And A Strange People is a non-fiction book written by George Douglas Brewerton and published in 1856. The book is a firsthand account of the author's experiences during the turbulent period known as Bleeding Kansas, which was a series of violent confrontations between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in the Kansas Territory in the years leading up to the American Civil War.Brewerton, a journalist and adventurer, traveled to Kansas in 1856 to report on the conflict for the New York Tribune. The book is structured as a series of letters written by Brewerton to the Tribune, in which he describes his journey to Kansas, the people he meets along the way, and the violence and chaos that he witnesses.The book provides a vivid and detailed portrait of life in Kansas during this period, including the struggles of settlers to establish new homes on the frontier, the tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces, and the brutal violence that erupted between them. Brewerton also provides insights into the political and social forces that were driving the conflict, including the growing tensions between North and South over the issue of slavery.Overall, The War In Kansas: A Rough Trip To The Border, Among New Homes And A Strange People is a valuable historical document that offers a unique perspective on one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

We are about to write what nobody reads a Preface. Did you ever, kind reader, see a young mamma in all the flutter and anxiety of adorning her latest production for its first appearance upon some public promenade? for if you have, you may the more fully appreciate our trepidation in sending this youngster, all unattended, into the world, to court the smiles of those crabbed old fellows, the critics, and win, if we be lucky, its little meed of fame, from that no less difficult class to please our readers. But to carry out the simile, let us suppose the infant phenomenon aforesaid not ours but the anxious mammas to be ugly by nature in short, as peevish, squalling, ill-behaved, and unbearable a brat as ever pulled grandpas hair or screamed lustily after midnight to how great an extent then are our young matrons perplexities increased as she fusses andfixes, scolds nurse and soothes baby; and where,let us ask, will you find a more ill-tempered or naturally repulsive original production than this very unpromising offspring of Pro-S lavery and Free Soil, which we are about to exhibit under the somewhat hackneyed title of The Warin Kansas. Yet though the words fall wearily, like a thrice-told tale, upon your ear, we flatter ourself that there are some new truths to be found upon these pages, for there is an inner life in all great events and.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1104923068
• ISBN 13: 9781104923068
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 426
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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