Tales and Sketches, from the Queen City
Author : Benjamin Drake
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Page : 186 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 1838
Category : Cincinnati (Ohio)
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Author : Benjamin Drake
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Page : 186 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 1838
Category : Cincinnati (Ohio)
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Author : Benjamin 1794-1841 Cn Drake
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,94 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781022458871
This book is a collection of short stories and sketches set in the city of Cincinnati. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Benjamin Drake
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Page : 425 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 2013-03-01
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ISBN : 9780781226844
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Author : Benjamin Drake
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 26,57 MB
Release : 2018-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780267693221
Excerpt from Tales and Sketches: From the Queen City After sun-rise, with wary steps, he returned to the deserted camp. The fire had gone out: .a few pieces of half cooked bear's meat were lying in the ashes: on the ground hard by, was a fox-skin pouch, containing parched corn, gun-flints, and bullets: and there too, lying upon his back, amid the fallen leaves of autumn, reposed a dead Shawanee, clutching firmly with his cold, stifi' fingers, the long auburn hair of a female scalp. The ball of the hunter had entered' his left temple near the eye, and passed out through the right ear, causing instant death: there was repose in the countenance and gracefulness in the position of the body. The hunter lost no time in securing the rifle, as well as the trophy of his lifeless foe, with which he hastened to the river; and having found the canoe of the Indians, retreated across its silver wave and was soon hid by the luxuriant foliage of the woods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Page : 580 pages
File Size : 42,50 MB
Release : 1839
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Author : Fred Lewis Pattee
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Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,52 MB
Release : 1923
Category : American fiction
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Author : William Davis Gallagher
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Page : 508 pages
File Size : 25,31 MB
Release : 1838
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Author : Cincinnati (Ohio), Public Library
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Page : 328 pages
File Size : 15,43 MB
Release : 1881
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Author : Ralph Leslie Rusk
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Page : 488 pages
File Size : 26,50 MB
Release : 1925
Category : American literature
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Author : Daniel Aaron
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 35,39 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Cincinnati (Ohio)
ISBN : 0814205704
Daniel Aaron, one of todays foremost scholars of American history and American studies, began his career in 1942 with this classic study of Cincinnati in frontier days. Aaron argues that the Queen City quickly became an important urban center that in many ways resembled eastern cities more than its own hinterlands, with a populace united by its desire for economic growth. Aaron traces Cincinnati's development as a mercantile and industrial center during a period of intense national political and social ferment. The city owed much of its success as an urban center to its strategic location on the Ohio River and easy access to fertile backcountry. Despite an early over-reliance on commerce and land speculation and neglect of manufacturing, by 1838 Cincinnati's basic industries had been established and the city had outstripped her Ohio River rivals. Aaron's account of Cincinnati during this tumultuous period details the ways in which Cincinnatians made the most of commerce and manufacturing, how they met their civic responsibilities, and how they survived floods, fires, and cholera. He goes on to discuss the social and cultural history of the city during this period, including the development of social hierarchies, the operations of the press, the rage for founding societies of all kinds, the response of citizens to national and international events, the commercial elite's management of radicals and nonconformists, the nature of popular entertainment and serious culture, the efforts of education, and the messages of religious institutions. For historians, particularly those interested in urban and social history, Daniel Aaron's view of Cincinnati offers a rare opportuniry to viewantebellum American society in a microcosm, along with all of the institutions and attitudes that were prevalent in urban America during this important time.