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The Wpa Guide To 1930s Kansas

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Author : Federal Writers' Project
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984

The Wpa Guide To 1930s Kansas written by Federal Writers' Project and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.

A reissue of a 1939 guide to Kansas compiled as part of the Federal Writers' Project during the Depression years, providing information not only about the attractions of the state, but serving as a cultural chronicle of an earlier time.

Global West American Frontier

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Author : David M. Wrobel
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2013-10-15

Global West American Frontier written by David M. Wrobel and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-15 with History categories.

This thoughtful examination of a century of travel writing about the American West overturns a variety of popular and academic stereotypes. Looking at both European and American travelers’ accounts of the West, from de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America to William Least Heat-Moon’s Blue Highways, David Wrobel offers a counter narrative to the nation’s romantic entanglement with its western past and suggests the importance of some long-overlooked authors, lively and perceptive witnesses to our history who deserve new attention. Prior to the professionalization of academic disciplines, the reading public gained much of its knowledge about the world from travel writing. Travel writers found a wide and respectful audience for their reports on history, geography, and the natural world, in addition to reporting on aboriginal cultures before the advent of anthropology as a discipline. Although in recent decades western historians have paid little attention to travel writing, Wrobel demonstrates that this genre in fact offers an important and rich understanding of the American West—one that extends and complicates a simple reading of the West that promotes the notions of Manifest Destiny or American exceptionalism. Wrobel finds counterpoints to the mythic West of the nineteenth century in such varied accounts as George Catlin’s Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium (1852), Richard Francis Burton’s The City of the Saints (1861), and Mark Twain’s Following the Equator (1897), reminders of the messy and contradictory world that people navigated in the past much as they do in the present. His book is a testament to the instructive ways in which the best travel writers have represented the West.

Guide To Kansas Architecture

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Author : David H. Sachs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

Guide To Kansas Architecture written by David H. Sachs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Architecture categories.

Some were designed in elaborate styles bearing elegant names—Beaux-Arts, French Renaissance, Art Deco. Others were humbly handcrafted from easily accessible materials—wood, stone, and sod. But whether courtly, colloquial, capricious, or curious, each of the state's architectural configurations has become an aesthetic slice of Kansas. In Guide to Kansas Architecture, David Sachs and George Ehrlich spotlight hundreds of these surprisingly diverse homes, businesses, schools, churches, courthouses, theaters, bridges, and barns spread throughout all 105 counties. Encompassing the historical and contemporary, the vernacular and singular, this book features Victorian masterpieces, stately courthouses, and split-level suburban homes alongside the likes of "the world's most beautiful gas station" and Big Brutus, the enormous electric coal shovel turned museum. Illustrating where, how, and why Kansans assembled and altered their physical surroundings, the authors have amassed information on 700 structures—including descriptions, construction dates, architects, historical background, and unusual traits. They also provide maps and addresses to make them easy to find. This one-of-a-kind guide for Kansas underscores architecture's bond with the state's artistic, cultural, historical, social, political, and economic attributes and idiosyncrasies. As a handy reference and traveling companion, it will be invaluable to the well-versed architect, preservationist, or historian, as well as to the merely inquisitive and adventurous.

Wichita 1860 1930

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Author : Jay M. Price
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2003

Wichita 1860 1930 written by Jay M. Price and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

Wichita, Kansas, has grown significantly since the mid-19th century, when a group of pioneering entrepreneurs arrived to build on the trading and hunting activities of the Osage and Wichita peoples. Those early days of commerce gave way to Coleman, Cessna, and other companies whose influence helped shape the city's development. From the Texas cowboys who ran the cattle drives to Lebanese merchants, the population of the city has been as diverse and as dynamic as its companies. This visual history of early Wichita showcases the colorful landmarks, people, and businesses that built the bustling city on the Arkansas River.

Roadside Kansas

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Author : Rex Buchanan
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 1987

Roadside Kansas written by Rex Buchanan and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Nature categories.

The perfect glove-compartment companion, is a guide to the geology, natural resources, and landscapes along nine of the state's major highways. Covering more than 2,600 miles, Buchanan and McCauley have provided mile-by-mile descriptions of interesting features, both contemporary and historical, to be seen all across the state. The information is organized by highway, so that modern-day explorers can follow the road logs easily, learning about the land they travel through. Of the tradition of roadside geologic descriptions, Buchanan and McCauley write: "In some ways highways provide convenient access to geology because roads often cut through hills, exposing formations never seen before ... For many geologist, road construction is an occasion akin to Christmas or the Fourth of July." The nine highways, which criss-cross Kansas, were chosen for a variety of reasons. Some, like I-70, I-35, and the Kansas Turnpike, carry heavy traffic; some, like U.S. Highways 69 and 36, are the main highways in various parts of the state; others, like U.S. Highways 160 and 83, cut through some of the state's most interesting geology; and one, U.S. Highway 56, was picked because of its history--the road parallels the historic Santa Fe Trail for much of its route, passing the site of old forts and Indian battles. This unique guidebook combines geological, historical, and cultural information with more than 100 photographs, drawings, and maps. Presented in a refreshingly nontechnical way. It is sure to appeal to tourist and native Kansas alike.

Kansas

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Author : H. Craig Miner
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2002

Kansas written by H. Craig Miner and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.

Chronicles the history of Kansas from 1854 to 2000, discussing how specific people and events shaped the culture of the state.

Driving Across Kansas

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Author : Ted T. Cable
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2017-04-21

Driving Across Kansas written by Ted T. Cable and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-21 with Travel categories.

In his introduction to Dan Dancer’s The Four Seasons of Kansas, bestselling author William Least Heat-Moon reflects upon the Great Kansas Passage of those who race their cars westward across Interstate 70 without trying to understand the truth of the place. Ted Cable and Wayne Maley come to the rescue of those travelers with a new guide that will expand and enrich their understanding of a state whose history, in Heat-Moon’s words, is “a tumbling of guns, torches, hatchets, and knives.” Guided by Cable and Maley, the historical landscapes of I-70 come back to life, recalling landmarks and legacies relating to pioneer movements and Indian dispossession, army outposts and great bison hunts, cowboys and cattle trails, the struggles over slavery and women’s rights, and the emergence of major wheat, beef, oil, and water industries. Their guide parcels out information, mile-marker by mile-marker (in boldface), in a way that’s equally accessible to westbound and eastbound users alike. In this second edition the authors have updated the information throughout, including new sites and new stories. Driving across Kansas, 2nd edition will reward the observant traveler with a treasure trove of details sure to increase his or her appreciation for the great Sunflower State.

Kansas Murals

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Author : Lora Jost
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Kansas Murals written by Lora Jost and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.

Complete listing and history of murals in Kansas today, with each mural illustrated.

Prairies And Plains

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Author : Robert Balay
language : en
Publisher: Kws Publishers
Release Date : 2009

Prairies And Plains written by Robert Balay and has been published by Kws Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Nature categories.

Prairies and Plains is an analysis of the reference sources--encyclopedias, bibliographies, biographies, almanacs, dictionaries--that readers and researchers will need to prepare class papers, resolve queries, and develop strategies for investigating questions regarding the history and culture of the Prairies and Plains region.

Harvesting The High Plains

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Author : H. Craig Miner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

Harvesting The High Plains written by H. Craig Miner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Historian Craig Miner recounts the story of a former field hand whose joint enterprise with Wichita entrepreneur Ray Garvey created an agricultural wheat empire which still operates today. Miner details the daily decisions the men made which led to their success, as well as treating philosophical and historical questions about the relationship between agriculture and nature in a semi-arid region. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR