Title: A wind of many colors
Description: Novel set in pre-Civil War Kansas City. It's a love story, murder mystery, and swashbuckling adventure wrapped in the customs of diverse immigrants. When a half-crazed woodsman threatens to kidnap or kill his beautiful German wife, merchant Irish-American John Purdy gathers a team to capture the man.
Subjects: Businessmen, Fiction, Kidnapping, History, Adventure stories
Places: Kansas City (Mo.), Missouri, Kansas City
Time periods: 19th century