Jo Shelby's Iron Brigade

By Deryl P. Sellmeyer

The toughest, most accomplished cavalry brigade west of the Mississippi River was Gen. Jo Shelby's Iron Brigade. This factual, fully documented account traces the Confederate units history from it's origin through the end of the Civil War. Free from romanticized exaggerations, this work is the most reliable historical source on the subject. Every march, camp, and battle that could be identified from source material is recorded in this story of leadership, brotherhood, and the American West. Deryl P. Sellmeyer spent two decades researching the true story of this illustrious military unit his great-great- grandfather served in as a private.331 pages plus 51 pages of notes, photos, and index. Hard-cover.

Jack "Quail Hunter" Kennedy

By Chuck Rabas

Chuck Rabas tells the story of John "Jack" Kennedy who didn’t want to be like his hero Jesse James.. He wanted to be Jesse James. From 1889 to 1899 he linked himself to family members and associates of the infamous James-Younger gang. Jack was one of the few outlaws whose careers bridges the period from the 19th century old west to the gangster era of the roaring 20's. Born and raised in Jackson county, Missouri, he colors history with a reported 19 bank robberies.. His sense of humor was his downfall but gave him a nickname.. A barrel of laughs in 47 pages.

By Bruce Nichols

Johnson County, located in the west - central portion of Missouri, was the scene of continuous guerrilla warfare during the Civil War. It's location, along the frontier of western settlement near strife-torn Kansas, contributed to the hostilities. It's population, holding mixed loyalties and differing political views, was also a source of trouble. Most of the fighting was guerrilla type warfare. This consisted of Confederate Partisan operations against Union occupation troops and Federal countermeasures against the guerrillas. The book details the four years of continual violence from raids from Kansas, outlaw bands raiding, and the Union countermeasures in the virtually lawless area. A good read! Indexed. 134 pages.

Kansas and Kansans in the Civil War

By Alice Fry

Published first many years ago by Carolyn Bartels, then rewritten with additions by Alice Fry. This book gives a short history of the 1st thru the 13th Kansas Regiments. Includes known casualty lists, all line and field officers and staff. In addition, Alice added the diary or account of John H. Kitts, the battle of Prairie Grove by Colonel Dennison and the testimonial of Capt. Joshua Pike on how he was unable to apprehend the famed Quantrill, who was allowed to sack Lawrence by this misapprehension. 110 pages, Soft-cover.

Kansas City Ghosts and Hauntings

By Sueanne Pool

This one of a kind publication will make your hair stand on end! Noted paranormal researcher, Sueanne Pool, uses her special abilities to do research in local old homes and graveyards to show that we definitely are not alone. Many actual photos of....something! See for yourself. Soft-cover.

The Last Cause: Confederate Exodus to Mexico

By Andrew F. Rolle

This book along with Fallen Guidons, should be the ultimate coverage of Shelby’s expedition to Mexico. The book chronicles the hardships and trials the former Confederates, who refused to surrender, endured in their quest to establish a new home and life. Soft-cover. 260 pages.

The Last Cherokee Warriors

By Philip Steele

Philip Steele, author, has done a magnificent job with this work. He documents the tragic lives of the last hold out of the Cherokee warriors, Ezekiel Proctor and Ned Christie. These are two angry men who struggled against the tide of history and the government in an effort to stop the encroaching whites and preserve intact the Cherokee heritage. EXCELLENT! 112 pgs, indexed, Soft-cover.

The Last Guardsmen

By Wade Ankesheiln

Again, a monumental bibliographical work gathered from the Confederate Home and Missouri Confederate Veterans pension records, Wade has researched considerable personal family information and added to each file, when it could be located. Excellent photographs of some of the old veterans. An informative appendix has been added containing longevity charts; burial locations, and a story by a Captain Bates. Contains 251 pages; Soft-cover.

The Last Long Mile; From Westport to Arkansas 1864

By Carolyn Bartels

From the Fred Lee collection came three unpublished old diaries, detailing and humanizing the battles of Westport, Mine Creek and the sorrowful degrading retreat through Kansas and Arkansas. New material, never before published, sheds a more personal light on the whole affair. The diaries leave no doubt as to privations and sufferings by man and beast on this harrowing march. Action packed with interwoven accounts of each portion of the battle and the march South. Also is included General Cabell’s report in 1900 when he was living then in Dallas, Texas. The book lets you decide with the presentation of these new materials whether General Price’s raid of 1864 was actually what the military reports filed soundly proclaimed it to be. You will be surprised. 180 pgs, indexed, Soft-cover.

Lone Star Generals In Gray

By Ralph Wooster

More than 70,000 Texans served in the military during the Civil War and a majority in the Confederate army and others in state forces, protecting the frontier. Dr Wooster is a noted historian and you can’t study the Trans-Mississippi region of the Confederacy without this book. 6 X 9" 322 pages, photo’s of 37 generals, endnotes, index.

The Little Gods: Union Provost Marshalls in Missouri 1861 - 1865

By Joanne C. Eakin

Provost Marshals, appointed by military law, became self-ordained minister of judgment, banishment of families and often with tragic results. The laws of right and justice turned a deaf ear to the flaming torches and the Federal marauding. Missouri families endured untold cruelties at the hands of these men, who also wielded the power of life or death. They were justly termed, "Little Gods" indeed.

Volume I Has some few of the personal official records from the Provost Marshal files that occurred in southeastern Missouri. 113 pages

Volume II Contains the records from Central Western Border area of Missouri. Letters and documents are from Independence, Clinton, Warrensburg, Kansas City, Lexington, Windsor, Sedalia, Dresden, Knobnoster, Warsaw & Dover, Missouri. Also included are stories from Fort Lincoln, Anderson County and Paola, Kansas.

Both volumes printed now as one book. Total of 245 pgs, Soft-cover, indexed.