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Hann, David

 
9781941237762: The Jayhawker Cleveland: Phantom Horseman of the Prairie
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1941237762 ISBN 13 : 9781941237762
Editeur : Anamcara Press LLC, 2021

Synopsis

A legend in his own time, Marshall Cleveland rode into Leavenworth alone in June, 1861 to view his own “Wanted Dead or Alive” poster. No one in that town of 12,000 inhabitants, nor any soldiers from Fort Leavenworth, attempted to collect the reward, and Cleveland rode slowly out of town.

The Free State of Kansas and the slave state of Missouri are the backdrop of this tale of heroic deeds and fatal mistakes. David Hann takes the reader on a trail ride through a gritty time in the American West when people were pitted against each other and some had to choose sides in a life-and-death battle of ideas.

Not all of the settlers in Kansas and Missouri had an opinion on the slavery question, but having no opinion was not an option. Residents were caught in the middle of two conflicting ideas, and a wrong answer given to strangers could result in loss of property and sometimes loss of life.

The Jayhawker Cleveland is a story of a man and his times. Culled from 1860s newspaper articles and published reports of a tumultuous and violent era in American history, Hann describes how this liberator of slaves and horses found brief but deadly fame during the Kansas Missouri Border War.

Intended for the Young Adult audience, older folks will surely enjoy the bravado and adventure portrayed so adeptly in Hann’s The Jayhawker Cleveland.

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À propos de l'auteur

David Hann tells tales of outlaws and nonconformists, and is a writer of adventure and misadventure from central U.S.A. to Central Asia. The Jayhawker Cleveland, his latest YA historical fiction, follows River Memoir and other stories, 2011, and Kansas Past: Pieces of the 34th Star, 1999. Hann established himself as an aficionado of the strange wonders of Kansas in Sampling Kansas: A Guide to the Curious, 1990. David lives in Lawrence, Kansas, where he retired from the University of Kansas in 2009. Hann's wanderings abroad have included expulsion from Scotland, being ordered off buses at gunpoint in Guatemala, a nighttime eyeball to gun muzzle encounter with a Turkish soldier, detention and film confiscation for violating state security in Uzbekistan, and eviction from the Eiffel Tower. His travels in the U.S. include being surrounded by running buffalo at night in the rain, having a mountain lion cub leap into the back seat of his car, receiving a full-face lick from a buffalo, and escaping a raging flash flood in the Gasconade River in Missouri.

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Éditeur
Anamcara Press LLC
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1941237762
ISBN 13 
9781941237762
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
182
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