Review: How strong we are
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
Excellent first-hand account of frontier Kansas.  Places Kansas as a swing state in the free state vs slave state controversy prior to the Civil War, which the author terms 'the rebellion'.  The narrative, first-hand again, of the bloody Quantrell raid and massacre of Lawrence is chilling.  It is hard to believe how cruel the outcroppings of war are on ordinary people who just happen to be living in an ill-fated location---the wrong place at the wrong time.  Hard to believe that afterwards they go on living and recovering, but they do and did.  Very fine account of tragedy and hope.Truly a great book to buy and read for frontier history and for understanding how incredibly strong our ancestors were.