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The following books from the Library's collections examine the history of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and its aftermath. The bibliography contains a selection of books for both general readers and for younger readers. Each item links to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are provided when available.
Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era. by 
The F Street Mess: How Southern Senators Rewrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act by 
Kansas-Nebraska Bill: Party, Section, and the Coming of the Civil War by 
The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 by Race & Politics: "Bleeding Kansas" and the Coming of the Civil War by 
Seeding Civil War: Kansas in the National News, 1854-1858 by 
To Govern the Devil in Hell: The Political Crisis in Territorial Kansas by 
War to the Knife: Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861 by 
Bleeding Kansas and the Violent Clash over Slavery in the Heartland by 
The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas in American History by 
