True Tales of Kansas
True Tales of Kansas

Author: Roger Ringer

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1467146846

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The historic tales of the Sunflower State and its people are as interesting as the days are long. A pair of brothers went from making airplanes to tractors and soon became part of John Deere. Kansan Captain Donald K. Ross won the first Congressional Medal of Honor through his actions at Pearl Harbor. The first telephone exchange in the area was invented by a Mr. Strowger because a rival funeral director had a girlfriend who was an operator for the local telephone company and kept sending his business to her friend. Nannie Jones, who stood up to Jim Crow racism and won her case in court, is memorialized by a headstone at Highland Cemetery. Author Roger Ringer details these stories and more.

True Tales of Old-time Kansas
True Tales of Old-time Kansas

Author: David Dary

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13:

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'Rollicking, adventurous, touching. Whether the reader invests only a few minutes at a time or finishes the book at one sitting, he is in for a lot of fun.' - American West'Fascinating tales set down succinctly and excitingly. There are stories of lost treasure and sudden riches, of outlaws and sheriffs, of massacres and heroics.' - Kansas City Times'A fun book. Where else but in the frontier West were such stories really lived?' - Richard Bartlett, author of Great Surveys of the American West and The New Country: A Social History of the American Frontier

More True Tales of Old-time Kansas
More True Tales of Old-time Kansas

Author: David Dary

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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'Swift-moving tales, always readable, often captivating. Dary is ever the master of narrative. This is a contribution to the literary heritage of the state.' -Thomas Isern, coauthor of Plainsfolk

Wild Times & True Tales from the High Plains
Wild Times & True Tales from the High Plains

Author: Matt Vincent

Publisher:

Published: 2021-02

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781736457504

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A collection of short stories about historical events that occurred on the flatlands of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado beginning in the mid-19th century. Included in this new book by Matt Vincent are stories on the Battle of Beecher Island, the first western field command of George Armstrong Custer, Summit Springs and the death of Tall Bull of the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers. Other real-life characters in the book include John C. Fremont, Mattie Silks, Sam Bass and Ernest Fletcher, to mention only a few. Entertaining, educational and a must-read for anyone interested in the wild and wooly western frontier and the events that helped shape the region as we know it today. "True Tales" is artfully done and masterfully written.

Kansas Myths and Legends
Kansas Myths and Legends

Author: Diana Lambdin Meyer

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-10-01

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1493028413

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Kansas Myths and Legends explores unusual events, unsolved crimes, and legends in Kansas’s history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in Texas history. The more than a dozen stories answer questions such as: Is it possible that a family of four living on the Kansas prairie got away with serial murder for more than three years and escaped to another part of the country to continue their killing spree? Are there still remnants of a late widow’s fortune buried throughout her property? Is the well-marked grave of Buffalo Bill Cody indeed his final resting place, or did some loyal friends surreptitiously remove him from Colorado and fulfill his last wish to be buried near his namesake town? From rumors of the Dalton gang’s buried treasures to the disappearance of an entire town, Kansas Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state's most fascinating and compelling stories.

Shadow on the Hill
Shadow on the Hill

Author: Diana Staresinic-Deane

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2013-04

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1456614517

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It was the most brutal murder in the history of Coffey County, Kansas. On May 30, 1925, Florence Knoblock, a farmer's wife and the mother of a young boy, was found slaughtered on her kitchen floor. Several innocent men were taken into custody before the victim's husband, John, was accused of the crime. He would endure two sensational trials before being acquitted. Eighty years later, local historian Diana Staresinic-Deane studied the investigation, which was doomed by destroyed evidence, inexperienced lawmen, disappearing witnesses, and a community more desperate for an arrest than justice. She would also discover a witness who may have seen the murderer that fateful morning.

Hidden History of Kansas
Hidden History of Kansas

Author: Adrian Zink

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017-11-06

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1439663661

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Kansas' storied past is filled with fascinating firsts, humorous coincidences and intriguing characters. A man who had survived a murderous proslavery massacre in 1858 hanged his would-be executioner five years later. A wealthy Frenchman utilized his utopian ideals to create an award-winning silk-producing commune in Franklin County. A young boy's amputated arm led to the rise of Sprint Corporation. The first victim of the doomed Donner Party met her end in Kansas. In 1947, a housewife in Johnson County, indignant at the poor condition of the local school for black children, sparked school desegregation nationwide. Author and historian Adrian Zink digs deep into the Sunflower State's history to reveal these hidden and overlooked stories.

One Crazy Bastard
One Crazy Bastard

Author: P. J. McGraw

Publisher:

Published: 2014-09-10

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9781500265557

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Money talks...but what does it tell us? One Crazy Bastard: The True Story of a Kansas City Hustler chronicles the messages one man heard and the shocking ways he responded. Early in life, money called PJ McGraw into action, urging him to do whatever it took to go from rags to riches. He dropped out of school-in seventh grade-and ran away to chase the buck across North America as a carnival worker and hustler. The next time money called, McGraw shifted into the adult entertainment industry, where he became entangled with gangsters, dealers, and corrupt government employees and eventually landed in jail for tax evasion. At this point, some folks would've ended the conversation, but not McGraw. He was willing to go the distance, no matter where it took him. And where exactly did it take him? Step inside this revealing romp to find out-and prepare to laugh, cry, and shake your head in disbelief. One Crazy Bastard is a sensational yet sincere set of autobiographical vignettes that will appeal to anyone who, like the author, has sidestepped convention to get ahead, as well as to readers interested in riveting personal accounts about roads less traveled.

Kansas Myths and Legends
Kansas Myths and Legends

Author: Diana Lambdin Meyer

Publisher: Legends of the West

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781493028405

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Each episode included in this book explores unusual events, unsolved crimes, and legends in Kansas's history. From rumors of the Dalton gang's buried treasures to the disappearance of an entire town, Kansas Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state's most fascinating and compelling stories.