Kansas/Missouri Feud

[Southern Son]

I know that it started well before the Civil War.Sometimes when i read about the Kansas/Missouri feud, i think that the only Rule was, there were 'NO RULES'.
Are there any good books about the Kansas/Missouri feud?

[ole]

There are several, Son. I just dragged out Michael Fellman's, "Inside War" to get with the program. Others will doubtless nominate a few more. Found another: "Bloody Bill Anderson" by Albert Castel & Thomas Goodrich.

Can't give you a recommendation, but Fellman, Castel, and Goodrich are respected names in the WBTS community.

I'll hold the door open for other recommendations. (Seems we've treated this subject before?) Suggest you surf through this category (SW Theater) for related threads.

Ole

[samgrant]

Originally Posted by ole

Can't give you a recommendation, but Fellman, Castel, and Goodrich are respected names in the WBTS community.

Ole

In The Civil War in Books - Ananalytical Bibliography, there are cited 3 books on this topic:


A Frontier State at War: Kansas, 1861-1865, by Albert E. Castel

Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri during the Civil War, by Michael Fellman

Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, by Thomas Goodrich

You might checkout the (sometimes unreliable) reader reviews of these at Amazon.

(Ole, "WBTS" ?, are you moving toward "WoNA" ?)

[ole]

Ole, "WBTS" ?, are you moving toward "WoNA" ?

I give up. What is WoNA? War over North America? Working on Nothing Acceptable?
Ole

[Southern Son]

Originally Posted by samgrant

In The Civil War in Books - Ananalytical Bibliography, there are cited 3 books on this topic:


A Frontier State at War: Kansas, 1861-1865, by Albert E. Castel

Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri during the Civil War, by Michael Fellman

Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, by Thomas Goodrich

You might checkout the (sometimes unreliable) reader reviews of these at Amazon.
?)

Thanks for the book tips.Will try to find these books.

[rivrrat]

I would add to Sam's list the following:
Civil War on the Western Boarder 1854-1865. Jay Monaghan
Jennison's Jayhawkers. Stephen Z. Starr. THis book is mostly about the war but has good material about the "Bleeding Kansas" (1854-60).
The Devil Knows How to Ride. Edward E. Leslie. A biography of Quantrill.
Bloody Dawn. Also by Tom Groodrich about Quantrill's 1863 raid on Lwrence, but with good back ground.

I have the honor of knowing Tom personally, he and his wife Deb are members of our Eastern Kansas Civil War Round Table here in Topeka.