What Kansas Means to Me: Twentieth-Century Writers on the Sunflower State

by Thomas Fox Averill

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"To understand why people say 'Dear old Kansas!" is to understand that Kansas is no mere geographical expression, but a 'state of mind, ' a religion, and a philosophy in one," writes historian Carl Becker in the classic 1910 essay that leads off this volume. Like Becker, the twelve other essayists and four poets try to map the spiritual topography of Kansas and explain why this particular patch of prairie is so dear. They share the conviction that...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0700607102

ISBN13:9780700607105

Release Date:November 1990

Publisher:University Press of Kansas

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 7.5"

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