Brewerton, George Douglas
The War in Kansas. A Rough Trip to the Border, Among New Homes and a Strange People
New York, Derby & Jackson, 1856. Hardcover. xii, [13]-400 p. front. (port.) plates. 19 cm. Very good condition. Rebacked with original backstrip. Plates and text clean; binding sound. References: Howes B763; Sabin 7749; Wagner-Camp 275. This firsthand account offers a vivid portrayal of the violent conflict over slavery in Kansas Territory during the mid-1850s—an era known as "Bleeding Kansas." Brewerton traveled extensively through the region, and his observations include encounters with settlers, abolitionists, pro-slavery forces, and Native Americans. The work reflects the volatile political climate and frontier life during a key period of American sectional tension. An important contemporary source on the Kansas–Nebraska crisis, with detailed narrative and illustrations that illuminate the social and political unrest leading up to the Civil War.
Boeknummer: 46913
USD 144.00 [Appr.: EURO 124.75]
Trefwoorden: Kansas--History--1854-1861.