THEY BROKE THE PRAIRIE
University of Illinois Press, 1989
Paper: 978-0-252-06094-6
Library of Congress Classification F549.G15C3 1989
Dewey Decimal Classification 977.349
Paper: 978-0-252-06094-6
Library of Congress Classification F549.G15C3 1989
Dewey Decimal Classification 977.349
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK
First published in 1937 in honor of
the Galesburg and Knox College Centenary, the book contains a wealth of
lively details and amusing anecdotes. Calkins traces the progress of the
community and the college through the arrival of the railroad, slave running,
abolitionist confrontations, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the Civil War,
and the postwar era.
the Galesburg and Knox College Centenary, the book contains a wealth of
lively details and amusing anecdotes. Calkins traces the progress of the
community and the college through the arrival of the railroad, slave running,
abolitionist confrontations, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the Civil War,
and the postwar era.
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