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CONTENTS List of Illustrations . . ix Preface . . xi Acknowledgments . . xv 1. Uncertainty Rising . . 1 2. The Morning Star . . 10 3. Prairie, Dust, and Wind . . 26 4. “Do Come and Help Us. Come On through Iowa” . . 45 5. Ho! For Kansas . . 70 6. Scramble to Freedom . . 91 7. Raising the Stakes . . 105 8. Heaven Sent . . 125 9. North and Back: Captors and Liberators . . 176 Epilogue . . 209 Appendix . . 217 Notes . . 219 Selected Bibliography . . 259 Index . . 271 ...

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