The Civil War Book Group will discuss Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri: The Long Civil War on the Border by Jonathan Earle (University Press of Kansas ($19.95). Long before the first shot of the Civil War was fired at Fort Sumter, violence had already erupted along the Missouri-Kansas border--a recurring cycle of robbery, arson, torture, murder, and revenge. This multifaceted study brings together fifteen scholars to expand our understanding of this vitally important region, the violence that besieged it, and its overall impact on the Civil War. Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri blends political, military, social, and intellectual history to explain why the region's divisiveness was so bitter and persisted for so long. It defines both what united and divided the men and women who lived there and how various political disagreements ultimately disintegrated into violence.
Civil War Book Group
Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 10:00am
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ISBN: 9780700619290
Published: University Press of Kansas - August 20th, 2013