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Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with George Caleb Bingham, whose paintings of Missouri and the American frontier have...

On Friday, May 1, at 7 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., local author Andrea Wa...

Recommended reading: The Civil War in Missouri...

Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III, Director of Public Affairs Henry Fortunato, and renowne...

Historian Ron Smith discusses his new book Thomas Ewing Jr.: Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General....

Howard Frank Mosher discusses his new book Walking to Gatlinburg: A Novel on Tuesday,...

Author Marc Wortman discusses his new book The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta on Wed...

In the aftermath of Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence, Kansas, Union General Thomas Ewing, Jr., became suspicious of local support for Confederate sy...

Recommended reading: Abraham Lincoln:...

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