{"product_id":"civil-war-kansas-reaping-the-whirlwind-the-authorized-edition-with-a-new-preface-paperback","title":"Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind: The Authorized Edition with a New Preface - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Castel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The long agony\" was over: Kansas, as of January 29, 1861, was a state--it had \"moved to America.\" In Leavenworth, Lawrence, Topeka, and other towns Kansans celebrated the \"glorious news\" of the coming of statehood in a \"fury of excitement.\" Cannons boomed, cheering crowds gathered on the street corners, a judge and a militia general stood on their heads, and the saloons were scenes of inebriated revelry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins Albert Castel's classic history of Kansas during the Civil War. Long recognized as a key study on the war in the trans-Mississippi West, Civil War Kansas describes the political, military, social, and economic events of the state's first four years. Castel contributes to a better understanding of the Civil War in this region through a realistic presentation and analysis of the Kansas-Missouri border conflict, the operations of the Missouri guerrillas under Quantrill, and the Union and Confederate military campaigns in Missouri, Arkansas, the Indian Territory, and Kansas itself.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.51 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42175626281095,"sku":"9780700608720","price":53.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d3120d2d626aa16dc606bbcc08577c29.webp?v=1733383014","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/civil-war-kansas-reaping-the-whirlwind-the-authorized-edition-with-a-new-preface-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}