Ballots and Bullets: The Bloody County Seat Wars of Kansas

by Robert K. DeArment

Book Overview

"Bleeding Kansas" has earned its name. A state already scarred from the violence wrought by the likes of John Brown and William Quantrill, Kansas witnessed further episodes of wanton bloodshed in the late nineteenth century when settlers poured into a supposedly peaceful frontier.

Focusing on the tumultuous years 1885-1892, Robert K. DeArment's compelling narrative is the first to reveal the complete story of the county seat wars that raged...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806137843
• ISBN13: 9780806137841
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.6"