Kansas

"We do not take a trip; a trip takes us," John Steinbeck noted in his 1962 classic, Travels with Charley....

From Vienna's barricades to bleeding Kansas to the Civil War, August Bondi was continuously engaged in the struggle for freedom for half of his young adult life....

A subcommittee of the Kansas Board of Education holds hearings on whether the state's science curriculum should permit alternate theories to be taught alongside evolution....

Andrew Daniels is a seemingly normal man from central Kansas who is about to lose everything he has worked for in life....

A radical abolitionist, John Brown organized a small band of like-minded followers and fought with the armed groups of pro-slavery men in Kansas for several months....

Sheriff Peter Holbrook leads a simple life watching over the residents of Nowhere, Kansas, where the most noteworthy crimes are dognappings and brawls at the local tavern. He’s always had an inherent fear of the gray - the yearly spring storms that plague the area....

Feel the uncertainty, doubt, and danger faced by the pioneer women of Kansas as they defend their homes and pray for their men during the Civil War....

Can the couple weather the embarrassment of Julip’s past, or will the truth tear their marriage apart? Jasper Kerns, a carpenter and furniture ...

Ring was a Captain recently discharged from the Union Army after the war had come to an end....

A knock came on the door in the dead of night. On the verge of Civil War, such a summons meant trouble and danger. To ignore it offered momentary ...

Follow the widowed Margaret Ralston Kennedy in this second book of the Trail of Thread series, as she travels with eight of her thirteen children from Ohio to the Territory of Kansas in 1855....

The American Civil War, one of the most violent wars ever fought, started in reality in 1850, when the Compromise of 1850 deposed the Missouri Compromise of 1820....

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Kansas City. Greater Than a Tourist - Kansas City, Missouri, USA by author Isaiah Tribelhorn offers the inside scoop on Missouri’s largest cityscape....

In Kansas and Missouri, the War Between the States started long before Fort Sumter and continued on throughout the war....

In 1990, Smith County, Kansas, where Lebanon is located, was a thriving region. By the late 1990s the population had dwindled to 4,500, having suffered a drop of 150% in 100 years....

When Psycho Cat alerts Beth to her step-niece Adrianna's disappearance, the klutzy landlady careens into action. She and her no-nonsense sister question Adrianna's associates....

After Second Kansas the world waits for the other shoe to drop. The Kresh have come twice and been held off by Colin Rourke and the Soulguard. Defenses are growing, and the forces of Earth are arming themselves for war....

The story begins with the opening of the Kansas-Nebraska Territory in 1864, and follows a family of pioneers who leave their comfortable farm and ...

Eric looks at the world through the prism of his Black life in America. He expresses himself in poetry and prose. He explores the humanity of the world and faith. Anger and love blended together and compiled from his Facebook posts over several years....

When Roxanne Russell’s mother dies, her father is away on a business trip. The young military widow leaves dozens of messages for her father, but receives no response....