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Author Meyer, Diana Lambdin. author.

Title Kansas myths & legends : the true stories behind history's mysteries / Diana Lambdin Meyer.

Publication Info. Guilford, Conn. : A Twodot book, an imprint and trademark of Globe Pequot, 2017.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Kansas Collection  K 977 Mey    ---  Available
Edition Second edition.
Description x, 187 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
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Series Legends of the West series
Legends of the West series.
Note Title of previous edition: Myths and mysteries of Kansas.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The bloody Benders: the first family of serial killers - The frightful childhood of Buffalo Bill Cody - The Dalton Gang's buried treasure - Nicodemus, Kansas: legendary black town of the American West - The Phog that blankets Lawrence, Kansas - When George Armstrong Custer deserted his post - Dwight David Eisenhower - Children: free to a good home in Kansas - Carry A. Nation in Kansas - The murder of the Hermit of Council Grove - John Brown's violent and bloody days - Amelia Earhart's return to Atchison, Kansas - FBI cover-up in Kansas City - Aunt Amanda's hidden fortune.
Summary "Fourteen mind-boggling tales from the Sunflower State. From legends of the Dalton gang's buried treasure to when George Armstrong Custer went AWOL, Kansas Myths & Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state's most fascinating and compelling stories"--Back cover.
Source PubPrim 04.2018 PARS
Subject Kansas -- History -- Anecdotes.
Curiosities and wonders -- Kansas -- Anecdotes.
Legends -- Kansas.
Added Title Kansas myths and legends
Continues Myths and mysteries of Kansas.
ISBN 1493028405
9781493028405

 
    
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