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WENT TO KANSAS: BEING A THRILLING ACCOUNT OF AN ILL-FATED EXPEDITION TO THAT FAIRY LAND, AND ITS SAD RESULTS, TOGETHER WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR... by Colt, Mrs. Miriam Davis - 1862
by Colt, Mrs. Miriam Davis
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WENT TO KANSAS: BEING A THRILLING ACCOUNT OF AN ILL-FATED EXPEDITION TO THAT FAIRY LAND, AND ITS SAD RESULTS, TOGETHER WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR...
by Colt, Mrs. Miriam Davis
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Watertown, 1862. First edition. 294pp. Original cloth(nice copy with bright spine) Graff 827. Howes C616. Rader 875. Wagner-Camp 380A: "Day-by-day journal from northern New York state to southeastern Kansas in 1856. The last stage from Kansas City to the banks of the Neosho River being by covered wagon. Interesting for its portrayal of the border ruffians and turbulent conditions in 1856, and for its account of a communistic vegetarian colony. It contains a vivid and harrowing report of the hardships endured by frontier settlers...
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- Keywords KANSAS; WESTERN AMERICANA; VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; HOWES; WAGNER-CAMP-BECKER
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Went to Kansas: Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to That Fairy Land, and its Sad Results (Dodo Press)
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Went to Kansas: A Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition (Abridged, Annotated)
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Independently published, 2016. Paperback. New. 188 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.48 inches.
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Went to Kansas; Being A Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition
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1862. COLT, Mrs. Miriam Davis. Went to Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to that Fairy Land, and Its Sad Results; Together With a Sketch of the Life of the Author, and How the World Goes With Her. Watertown: Printed by L. Ingalls & Co., 1862. 1st ed. 294pp. Orig. embossed cloth. Lacks rear flyleaf, else a good copy. Howes C-616. Wagner-Camp 380a. Rare. Mrs. Colt's day-to-day account of an 1856 expedition from New York to southeastern Kansas provides a vivid and frightening picture of frontier hardships and border ruffians, as well as a look at a communal vegetarian colony.
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