Bleeding Kansas - on Playaway Author:Sara Paretsky Playaway is the easiest way to listen to a book on the go. An all-in-one format, the player and content are combined in one 2 ounce unit and it comes with everything you need to start listening immediately. No separate player needed, no CDs, no downloads - just press play! — "Set in the Kaw River Valley, where Paretsky grew up, Bleeding Kansas is... more » the story of the Schapens and the Grelliers, two farm families whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s, when their ancestors settled the valley as antislavery immigrants. Today, the Schapen family, still terrified by the lawlessness of the 1970s -- when Lawrence was the most violent college town in the nation -- have turned to that old-time religion for security.« less