Lewis and Lewis tell of The Jayhawkers of the Civil War, abolitionists and free soilers in Illinois and Kansas, who carried on a guerilla warfare. The play centers on Asa Burdette, a Jayhawker who talked and prayed his way from Kansas camp meetings to the United States Senate in order that the slaves might be freed and the union preserved forever. But in Washington the war gets on Asa's nerves. Sick of death and destruction, he joins an old crony in crooked politics in a scheme to unite the Blue and the Gray against Maximilian of Mexico.
Author: Sinclair Lewis and Lloyd Lewis
Title: Jayhawker: A Play in Three Acts
Edition: First Edition, first printing
Published: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Dorian & Company, 1935
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 163p
Condition: Good condition dust jacket with edge wear, chipping, rubbing to surfaces and toning—in new protector. Boards and spine clean with edge wear, bumping to corners, and crushing at spine ends. Binding solid and square. Pages tanned.
Comments: Collectible copy
