Kansas In August

Author : Patrick Gale
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504038606
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kansas in August written by Patrick Gale and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riotous dark comedy set in the backstreets of London about an unconventional love triangle, a lonely teacher, and a lost baby. Hilary Metcalfe is an English teacher who loathes his work so thoroughly that he requires a half bottle of scotch in order to grade a stack of homework. His only joys are private ones: American musicals, from South Pacific to The King and I, and his absolutely gorgeous lover, Rufus, whom he has utterly failed to domesticate. Once, he had dreams of being an actor, a star of London’s West End. Now he would settle for the knowledge that Rufus is his and his alone. He’ll get neither—but he may get something much better instead. When Rufus stands him up on his birthday, Hilary discovers something astonishing in the subway station: a frightened, abandoned baby boy. Drunk and lonely, Hilary brings the baby home to his seedy Shepherd’s Bush flat, and soon finds he cannot live without the child. As Rufus falls into a romantic encounter with, of all people, Hilary’s sister, the three are caught in a bizarre love triangle—with a baby in the middle. A spiritual sequel to Patrick Gale’s second London novel, Ease, this is a charming portrait of the British capital at its most cosmopolitan. For anyone who has ever wished for a life different from his own, Kansas in August is a captivating tale.

Author : Larry E. Wood
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439666490
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem in Southeast Kansas written by Larry E. Wood and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From railroad towns like Ladore to cow towns like Newton and Wichita, southeast Kansas pulsed with rowdy activity during the late nineteenth century. The unruly atmosphere drew outlaws, including the Dalton Gang, and even crazed serial killers the likes of the Bender clan. Violent incidents, from gunfights to lynchings, punctuated the region's Wild West era, and the allure of the frontier also attracted the everyday people whose passions sometimes spawned bloodshed as well. Award-winning author Larry E. Wood explores thirteen of these remarkable episodes in the criminal history of southeast Kansas.

Author : Daniel W. Wilder
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385217075
Total Pages : 693 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Annals of Kansas written by Daniel W. Wilder and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author : Kansas. Public Utilities Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 918 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biennial Report of the Public Utilities Commission, State of Kansas written by Kansas. Public Utilities Commission and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John E. Peterson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786481439
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kansas City Athletics written by John E. Peterson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Athletics spent thirteen seasons in Kansas City before moving to Oakland--a colorful history despite one of the worst records in baseball history. Even so, many of the players who were part of the world championship teams in Oakland in the 1970s began their careers in Kansas City. This work presents the relatively short history of the Kansas City franchise from 1954, when Arnold Johnson purchased the Philadelphia Athletics and moved the team to Kansas City because of the financial benefits the city provided, to 1967, when Charles Finley moved the team to Oakland (after unsuccessful attempts to move it to Dallas, Atlanta, Louisville, Milwaukee and Seattle). In the 1950s, the team was called "a Yankee farm team" because of the numerous trades with the Yankees that favored the latter. The author re-evaluates these trades and concludes that they were not as one-sided as previously thought and really did benefit the team. The author also carefully considers Charles Finley's intentions to keep the team in Kansas City and his reasons for having to move them to Oakland.

Author : Michael Woods
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317339134
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bleeding Kansas written by Michael Woods and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1854 and 1861, the struggle between pro-and anti-slavery factions over Kansas Territory captivated Americans nationwide and contributed directly to the Civil War. Combining political, social, and military history, Bleeding Kansas contextualizes and analyzes prewar and wartime clashes in Kansas and Missouri and traces how these conflicts have been remembered ever since. Michael E. Woods’s compelling narrative of the Kansas-Missouri border struggle embraces the diverse perspectives of white northerners and southerners, women, Native Americans, and African Americans. This wide-ranging and engaging text is ideal for undergraduate courses on the Civil War era, westward expansion, Kansas and/or Missouri history, nineteenth-century US history, and other related subjects. Supported by primary source documents and a robust companion website, this text allows readers to engage with and draw their own conclusions about this contentious era in American History.

Author : L. J. Combs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 1903 and 1993 Floods in Kansas--the Effects of Changing Times and Technology written by L. J. Combs and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595342141
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The WPA Guide to Kansas written by Federal Writers' Project and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. America’s Heartland is well depicted in this WPA Guide to Kansas, originally published in 1939. Kansas, also nicknamed the “Sunflower State” because of its rich agricultural roots and the “Jayhawker State” because of its distinct role in the American Civil War, has a diverse and extensive history.

Author : Michael J. Travis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467151920
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celebrating Kansas Breweries: People, Places & Stories written by Michael J. Travis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Tour of the Kansas Beer Industry Breweries in the state of Kansas are opening at a fast pace, in communities from Council Grove to Olathe. As the industry grows, the opportunities for craft beer fans to enjoy the communities and beer abound. Check out Ryan Triggs and Nick Feightner at Tall Trellis Brew Co. where you can enjoy a pint while sitting next to hop bines. Visit Fields & Ivy Brewery, the only brewery in the state with an active grain silo. Author Michael Travis traveled for a year and visited every brewery, capturing the heartbeat and story behind the owners and head brewers who make the magic happen.

Author : Diane Bailey
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1435894812
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kansas written by Diane Bailey and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, industries, and key figures of Kansas.