Research

Though it's been a long time since I added to this blog, I've not been idle. I'm finishing up a new script for The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf for Wichita Children's Theatre Once Upon a Time series that will play in March. I went on a book-buying trip to Wichita over the holidays. I hit the major (and a couple minor) bookstores, scouring the shelves for Kansas books. I bought:

Touched by Fire - DVD about Bleeding Kansas
Folklore from Kansas - William E. Koch
The Kansas Guidebook for Explorers - Marci Penner
The Secret Danites, Kansas First Jayhawkers - Charles Leonhardt
Kansas, the History of the Sunflower State - Craig Miner
Bloody Dawn - Thomas Goodrich
WPA Guide to 1930s Kansas
Kansas, Off the Beaten Path - Patti DeLano
Kansas Curiosities - Pam Grout
1001 Kansas Place Names - McCoy/Hults
Kansas, a History - Keneth Davis
True Tales of Old-Time Kansas - David Dary
399 Kansas Characters - Dave Webb
Kansas, A Land of Contrasts (textbook) Robert Richmond
Kansas (It's My State) - David C. King
The Kansas Journey - Jennie Chinn

I've also collect quite a bit of material from the Internet. I will include references and citations in my notes to the play after it is written.

I am also in correspondence with a number of Kansas corporations (Koch, Pizza Hut, etc) asking for information.