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There Were Thirteen: A Pioneer Novel Of Western Kansas, Gwen Lane Funston
There Were Thirteen: A Pioneer Novel Of Western Kansas, Gwen Lane Funston
Master's Theses
In my thesis, I wish to present the story of my maternal grandmother as it is revealed in the lives of her thirteen children. I have been interested in the story since I can remember. My earliest memories are of sitting on Grandma’s lap and listening to tales of Indians on the warpath, of Kansas prairie sod houses and rattlesnakes, and of what my aunts, uncles, and my mother used to do when they were small. To avoid any possible embarrassment to living persons, I have fictionized the names of my characters. I have, however, retained all actual dates and …
The Story Of A Pioneer Family : A Literary Study Of The Pioneer Life Of The Reverend And Mrs. C. E. Hirschler In Harvey And Hodgeman Counties, Kansas, And Nobles County In The Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma, Edward E. Hirschler
Master's Theses
This thesis is divided into three parts. The first part tells about the European homes of my parents and about their coming to Kansas. The second part is about their marriage and moving into Hodgeman County where they and other Mennonite families formed a Mennonite colony. Various pioneer experiences are recounted. The third part tells about the opening of the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma Territory and my parents moving to the Strip to take up pioneer life farther south. In this work I attempted to portray the pioneer life of my parents and show that their experiences were typical of …
Geneva Thorne : A Narrative Poem And A Picture Of Pioneer Life Revealing The Grave Foundations Of Culture In Kansas And The Slight Structure Built Thereupon, Olive Van Metre
Master's Theses
This thesis is a narrative poem about frontier life in Kansas.
Friedrich Wilhelm Koenig, Paul King
Friedrich Wilhelm Koenig, Paul King
Master's Theses
It was my first intention to write a biography of my grandfather. This was to be an entirely creative piece of work, based on his Army discharge, an account of his death and burial in the local paper, and the traditions of the family. Because his life after 1875-when he left the 5th Cavalry was so closely connected with the history of Hays, the biography was to stop short, twenty-three years before his death. Hays City from 1875 to 1898, the people, the colorful English colonists east in Victoria, the Russian-Germans, the change of troops at the fort, the fort …
Aspects Of Pre-Civil War Historical Drama, Elizabeth Ernestine Coles
Aspects Of Pre-Civil War Historical Drama, Elizabeth Ernestine Coles
Master's Theses
This thesis is an attempt to present in a general way some aspects of the pre-Civil War historical drama. The plays chosen cover the years from 1766-1830 inclusive. Arthur Hobson Quinn and Montrose J. Moses, writers on early American drama, have endeavored to treat the entire field in its social, political, historical, and economical aspects. I have limited my attempt to the historical phase in which there are at least five distinct groups. The following topical analysis of the plays I have used will present these more clearly.