Lawrence: Survivors of Quantrill's Raid (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781531651619)

Stunned and grieving survivors stared into their burned-out town on the western frontier in the midst of the Civil War. William C. Quantrill s Missouri guerillas raided Lawrence, Kansas, on August 21, 1863, and killed 180 men and boys. Women lost husbands, children lost fathers, and fathers lost sons. Every one of the 2,500 residents lost either a loved one, a neighbor, or acquaintance. A few left town, but most survivors were determined to remain and remember; not to wink out. Newcomers brought industry and innovation. The University of Kansas, 1866, and Haskell Institute, 1884 (now Haskell Indian Nations University), grew into major institutions."

Author: Katie H. Armitage
ISBN-10: 1531651615
ISBN-13: 9781531651619
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 08/11/2010
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d