Presents the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, social life and customs, state events and attractions, and notable people of Kansas, which is named for the Kaw--Kansa--Indians.
Cape Bluff Elementary School hosts a talent show and a ballerina, comedian, rapper, singer, and rock musician enter, but no one knows which kid will win.
A pictorial introduction to Kansas, providing information about its early history, land, and resources, with a look at notable people, places, and events in the state.
Having settled on the Kansas frontier, young Bill Cody and his family try to make a home for themselves, coexist with their Kickapoo neighbors, and stand up as abolitionists in spite of their neighbors' pro-slavery beliefs.
A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, dig a well, and fight a prairie fire.
Living after the Civil War on a Kansas homestead with his stern stepfather, thirteen-year-old Caleb raises a beloved colt and becomes involved in General Custer's raids on the Cheyenne.
The author examines the reasons for the conservative revolution that has taken place in his home state of Kansas, charging that conservatives have used cultural outrage to blur the thinking of blue-collar workers on economic issues.
