They Broke the Prairie |
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| Author:
| Calkins, Earnest Elmo |
| Series title: | Prairie State Bks. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06094-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1989 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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First published in 1937 in honor of the Galesburg and Knox College Centenary, the book contains a wealth of lively details and amusing anecdotes. Calkins traces the progress of the community and the college through the arrival of the railroad, slave running, abolitionist confrontations, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the Civil War, and the postwar ......
First published in 1937 in honor of the Galesburg and Knox College Centenary, the book contains a wealth of lively details and amusing anecdotes. Calkins traces the progress of the community and the college through the arrival of the railroad, slave running, abolitionist confrontations, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the Civil War, and the postwar ......