Lawrence H LarsenLawrence H. Larsen is a professor of history emeritus of American history at the University of MissouriKansas City, where he taught for thirty-six years. He holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has received various awards for his any academic books and articles. He was author or co-author of seventeen books, including Federal Justice in Western Missouri: The Judges, the Cases, the Times, The Rise of the Urban South, and The Urban West at the End of the Frontier (author) and Pendergast! and A History of Missouri (co-author). Read More Read Less