Jim Lane
Subtitle: scoundrel, statesman, Kansan
By: Robert Collins.
Publisher: Pelican Pub. Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Gretna, La
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781589804456
Subjects: Lane, James Henry, -- 1814-1866; United States. -- Congress -- Biography; United States. -- Army -- Biography; Politicians -- Kansas -- Biography; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861; Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1854-1861; United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : who is the "Grim Chieftain"?; title: Lane's early life; title: Opening Kansas Territory; title: A democratic gamble; title: Lane, the free-soil man; title: The Wakarusa War; title: "Captain Cook on a white horse"; title: The LeCompton Constitution; title: During the calm; title: Statehood & secret deals; title: The "Lane Brigade"; title: Lane, Robinson, & the scandal; title: Lane, Quantrill, & Lawrence; title: The 1864 elections; title: Triumph & tragedy; title: Arguing over Jim Lane.