Meyer, Diana Lambdin

Myths and mysteries of Kansas : true stories of the unsolved and unexplained - Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, c2012. - vii, 167 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. - Myths and mysteries series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-163) and index.

The bloody Benders: the first family of serial killers -- The frightful childhood of Buffalo Bill Cody -- The Dalton gang's buried treasure -- Nicodemus, Kansas: legendary black town of the American West -- The Phog that blankets Lawrence, Kansas -- When General George Armstrong Custer deserted his post -- Dwight David Eisenhower -- Children: free to a good home in Kansas -- Carry A. Nation in Kansas -- John Brown -- Amelia Earhart's return to Atchison, Kansas -- A fortune buried on the family farm.

9780762764464 (pbk.) 0762764465 (pbk.)

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History
Crime


Kansas

F681.6 / .M49 2012

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