West of Wichita: Settling the High Plains of Kansas

by H. Craig Miner and Craig Miner

Book Overview

This volume, which presents a "slice-of-life" on the Plains during its early settlement, adds rich detail to our understanding of the struggle for survival in a harsh landscape that tested the hardiest pioneer. Miner concentrates not only on the major economic events of the period--railroad building, Indian raids, the grasshopper invasion of 1874, the blizzard of 1886--but also on the more personal experiences equally important: building sod houses,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700603646
• ISBN13: 9780700603640
• Release Date: May 1986
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 9.0"