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Review: Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era

November 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era by Nicole Etcheson Product Details Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas (January 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0700612874 ISBN-13: 978-0700612871 “Bleeding Kansas”, 150 years after the event this phrase still causes strong feelings.  Very few are neutral on Kansas even now.  In trying to solve […]

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Dark Command: John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and the Butchering of Civil War History

June 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Dark Command, a John Wayne and Claire Trevor vehicle, is loosely based on the Civil War career of William Clarke Quantrill, the Confederate guerrilla operating mostly in Missouri and Kansas during the Civil War. When I write loosely, I should probably capitalize, bold, and underline that word. While the movie is entertaining if you like […]

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