The Jayhawker Cleveland

The Free State of Kansas and the slave state of Missouri are the backdrop of this tale of heroic deeds and fatal mistakes. David Hann takes the reader on a trail ride through a gritty time in the American West when people were pitted against each other and some had to choose sides in a life-and-death battle of ideas in The Jayhawker Cleveland.

The Jayhawker Cleveland is a story of a man and his times, made as accurate as the author could from 1860s newspaper articles and published reports of that tumultuous and violent era in American history.

Not all of the settlers in Kansas and Missouri had an opinion on the slavery question, but having no opinion was not an option. Those who settled in Missouri and the Territory of Kansas were caught in the middle of two conflicting ideas, and a wrong answer given to strangers could result in loss of property and sometimes loss of life. 

Intended for the Young Adult audience, older folks will surely enjoy the bravado and adventure portrayed so adeptly in Hann's The Jayhawker Cleveland.