Black Flag; Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865
by Thomas Goodrich
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0253325994
- ISBN 13
- 9780253325990
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1995 Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN. 1995. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ; Near Fine; sunbleaching to spine. GRa cloth boards and spine with bright black and gray lettering on the spine in a black shadowbox. 172 pp 8vo. From 1861 to 1865, the region along the Kansas-Missouri border was the scene of unbelievable death and destruction as part of a merciless guerrilla war between bushwhackers, Jayhawkers, soldiers, civilians, scouts, spies, runaway slaves, generals, guerrillas, and deserters from both armies. This is a horrifying day-by-day account of life, death, and war that seemed a minor episode the larger scale of the Civil War. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011410
- Title
- Black Flag; Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865
- Author
- Thomas Goodrich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0253325994
- ISBN 13
- 9780253325990
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington, IN
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Civil War, Border Wars, Bloody Kansas, guerrilla warfare, Kansas-Missouri border, Lawrence Kansas, Burning of Lawrence, Quantrill's raiders, Bushwhackers, Jayhawkers, deserters, slaves, soldiers, battles, slavery,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Civil War;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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