
Ballots and Bullets
The Bloody County Seat Wars of Kansas
Robert K. DeArment(Author)
University of Oklahoma Press
Published on 5. July 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
284 pages
978-0-8061-9323-6 (ISBN)
Description
Bleeding Kansas" has earned its name. A state already scarred from the violence wrought by the likes of John Brown and William Quantrill, Kansas witnessed further episodes of wanton bloodshed in the late nineteenth century when settlers poured into a supposedly peaceful frontier.Focusing on the tumultuous years 1885-1892, Robert K. DeArment's compelling narrative is the first to reveal the complete story of the county seat wars that raged in Kansas-controversial episodes that made national news in the late 1900s but are largely unknown today.
With a story populated by some of the most notorious characters of the West-including Sam Wood, Theodosius Botkin, Bat Masterson, and Bill Tilghman-Ballots and Bullets relives the violence that only avarice can breed. Ordinary, decent citizens were drawn into bitter conflicts to advance their own communities and block the fortunes of other towns, even if it meant using hired gunmen.
Gripping and historically accurate, DeArment's account reveals a shocking chapter in the history of the West.
With a story populated by some of the most notorious characters of the West-including Sam Wood, Theodosius Botkin, Bat Masterson, and Bill Tilghman-Ballots and Bullets relives the violence that only avarice can breed. Ordinary, decent citizens were drawn into bitter conflicts to advance their own communities and block the fortunes of other towns, even if it meant using hired gunmen.
Gripping and historically accurate, DeArment's account reveals a shocking chapter in the history of the West.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oklahoma
United States
Illustrations
21 b&w illus., 1 map
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
401 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8061-9323-6 (9780806193236)
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Persons
Robert K. DeArment (1925-2021) was a University of Toledo, Ohio, graduate whose research and writing focused on nineteenth-century American history, especially outlaws and law enforcement in the frontier West. He is the author of Bat Masterson: The Man and the Legend and the three-volume Deadly Dozen: Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West.
Richard Maxwell Brown is the author of the award-winning No Duty to Retreat.
Richard Maxwell Brown is the author of the award-winning No Duty to Retreat.