My Bleeding Kansas

By Niz Thomas

Lawrence, Kansas. 1863.

The Civil War's battlefields pit countrymen against one another. Neighbors. Family. No mercy and no love lost between the sides. A schism, long festering. Still felt today.

But the war's battlefields hold no monopoly on bloodshed.

And on one fateful dawn in the sleepy border town of Lawrence, Kansas, all the epic drama of a nation at war comes together in a strikingly original historical thriller tale spiced with both the massive scope of the war's spectacle and the deeply personal melodrama of a man needing to square things with his father.

As the sun rises over Lawrence, these stories knit a tapestry of tragedy, bloodshed, humanity, and revenge.

Do not miss this powerful Civil War-era drama that delves into a truly dark day in American's history!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Throughplace Publishing
• Release date: Jul 1, 2024
• ISBN: 9798223508274

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The cover for Niz Thomas’ short story, My Bleeding Kansas, featuring a collage including a fiery Civil War battle scene, a soldier on horseback, an a Civil War flag waving over a Civil War newspaper.

MY BLEEDING KANSAS

NIZ THOMAS

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My Bleeding Kansas

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Family Tree

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Cover and Layout copyright © 2023 by Throughplace Publishing

Cover design by Michael Nisivoccia / Throughplace Publishing

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Family Tree

Chapter 1

Also By Niz Thomas

About the Author

MY BLEEDING KANSAS

ONE

I knew it was not yet five. The morning church bell was still yet to toll.

Before me was the Massachusetts Street thoroughfare, stretching as far south as the eye could see that early in the day. Not far, even with the help of the red of the moon. The street seemed the same shape as I remembered (for not even seven long years could change some things). Storefronts and porches and walkways along either edge—different signage on some, but structurally the same.

But it didn’t feel anything like what I remembered of it.

There was the Free State Hotel on my right. Rebuilt and renamed. Called the Eldridge now, according to