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Kansas: A History of the Jayhawk State
by William Frank Zornow
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good +
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1957. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a gift inscription on the FFFP Secretary to the Superintendent in Wellington , KS dated 1961. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to board bottoms; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Good +; Price Clipped; wear and missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips; edge wear to top and bottom of DJ. Khaki cloth boards and spine with black lettering in a cream shadowbox on the spine. 417 pp 8vo. The author attempts to correct the usual writing that ends Kansas history with the firing on Fort Sumter as the state really has a very rich history that predates Jamestown by half a century. The author gives presentation to the prehistory stage, the Civil War period, the cattle towns, the Progressive era and William Allen White, World War I, the dust bowl and great depression, the post World War II era and the growth of big agro and aviation. A clean copy very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016456
- Title
- Kansas: A History of the Jayhawk State
- Author
- William Frank Zornow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, OK
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Kansas history, Jayhawk State history, Indian History, agriculture, Civil War, Bleeding kansas, wheat farming, Progressivism, William Allen White, Aviation, The Dust Bowl, The Great Depression,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Civil War;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
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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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
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- First Edition
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- Shelfwear
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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