Kansas Boy : the memoir of A.J. Bolinger /

"This is the childhood and early adulthood memoir of lawyer and judge A.J. (Arthur Joel) Bolinger (1881-1977), who was born and raised in Elk County, Kansas. Recounting cattle drives and ranching, farming, small-town life, college years at Topeka's Washburn University, and the beginning of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bolinger, A. J. (Arthur Joel), 1881-1977 (Author)
Other Authors: Barker, Jeffrey H., 1957-2021 (Editor), Walker, Melissa (Editor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1rdtwx5
Table of Contents:
  • Background in general
  • The town of thayer
  • Early recollections
  • We take a journey
  • Fun on the farm
  • The writing school
  • New scenes and greener pastures
  • The shape of things in little things
  • Of politics and politicians
  • Opening the Indian lands
  • Social life in a small town
  • Life in Topeka
  • The era of change
  • The birth of a new commonwealth
  • Journey's end.