Preface
Introduction: Kansas History, Kansas Biography, Virgil Dean
Part One: Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War, 1854-1865
1. John Brown of Osawatomie, Jonathan Earle
2. James H. Lane: Radical Conservative, Conservative Radical, Nicole Etcheson
3. William H. Russell: Proslavery Partisan and Western Entrepreneur, Rita G. Napier
4. Clarina Irene Howard Nichols: “A Large-Hearted, Brave, Faithful Woman,” Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel
Part Two: Settlement and Development, 1865-1890
5. Joseph G. McCoy and the Creation of the Mythic American West, Jim Hoy
6. Theodore C. Henry: Frontier Booster and Nostalgic Old Settler, Thomas D. Isern
7. Frederick H. Harvey and the Revolution in Nineteenth-Century Food Service, H. Roger Grant
8. Bernhard Warkentin and the Making of the Wheat State, Norman E. Saul
Part Three: The Age of Reform, 1880-1925
9. Mary Ann “Mother” Bickerdyke: A Gilded Age Icon, Bruce R. Kahler
10. Mary Elizabeth Lease: Advocate for Political Reform, Rebecca Edwards
11. Charles M. Sheldon: Pastor, Author, and Passionate Social Reformer, Timothy Miller
12. William Allen White: The Voice of Middle America, Sally F. Griffith
13. Samuel J. Crumbine: Individualizing the Standard for Twentieth-Century Public Health, K. Allen Greiner
Kate Richards O’Hare: A Life of Dissent, Sally M. Miller
Part Four: Reaction, Depression, and War, 1920-1945
15. Emanuel and Marcet Haldeman-Julius: An Innovative Partnership in Publishing, M.H. Hoeflich
16. Alfred M. Landon: Budget Balancer, Peter Fearon
17. Walter A. Huxman: Leading by Example, Virgil W. Dean
18. Gerald B. Winrod: From Fundamentalist Preacher to “Jayhawk Hitler,” Leo P. Ribuffo
19. John Steuart Curry: A Portrait of the Artist as a Kansas, Marjorie Sann and William M. Tsutsui
20. R.H. Garvey: “Operations Are Interesting,” Craig Miner
Part Five: Kansans and Kansas since World War II, 1945-2004
21. Esther Brown: In Pursuit of Human Rights and Social Justice, Milton S. Katz
22. Dwight D. Eisenhower: His Legacy in World Affairs, William B. Pickett
23. Gordon Parks and the Unending Quest for Self-fulfillment, John Edgard Tidwell
24. Vern Miller: Kansas’ Supercop, Brian Moline
25. Wes Jackson: Kansas Ecostar, James E. Sherow
26. Robert J. Dole: Driven to Perform, Destined to Motivate, Burdett Loomis
Notes
The Contributors
Index
