Storm of the Old Frontier
Author : Marshall R. Hall
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 22,67 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
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Author : Marshall R. Hall
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 22,67 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
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Author : George Bird Grinnell
Publisher : Corner House Publications
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 29,58 MB
Release : 1913
Category : History
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Author : Emerson W. Baker
Publisher : Pivotal Moments in American Hi
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 15,65 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 019989034X
Presents an historical analysis of the Salem witch trials, examining the factors that may have led to the mass hysteria, including a possible occurrence of ergot poisoning, a frontier war in Maine, and local political rivalries.
Author : George Bird Grinnell
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 13,39 MB
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : History
ISBN :
In 'Beyond the Old Frontier: Adventures of Indian-Fighters, Hunters, and Fur-Traders' by George Bird Grinnell, readers are presented with a collection of thrilling adventures that provide insight into the interactions between European settlers and Native American tribes in the American frontier. Grinnell's detailed accounts of daring exploits, close encounters with wildlife, and complex relationships with indigenous peoples are written in a descriptive and engaging style that brings the rugged landscape of the frontier to life. This book is a valuable primary source for understanding the challenges and opportunities that shaped the history of the American West in the 19th century, offering a unique perspective on the often romanticized frontier experience. The stories contained within the pages of this book shed light on the complexities of colonization, resource exploitation, and cultural exchange that defined this pivotal period in American history.
Author : R. W. G. Vail
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 27,39 MB
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1512819093
This volume contains the three lectures R. W. G. Vail delivered in the fall of 1945, in connection with his A. S. Rosenbach Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, supplemented by descriptions of 1300 bibliographical items covering the North American frontier literature over the period 1542 to 1800.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 16,65 MB
Release : 1928
Category : American literature
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Author : Ida M. Lynn
Publisher :
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 10,61 MB
Release : 1928
Category : American literature
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1276 pages
File Size : 45,67 MB
Release : 1928
Category : American literature
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Author : James Henry Cook
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 14,49 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806117614
The keen-eyed, cool-headed, and fearless men (Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, Buffalo Bill Cody, Big Foot Wallace, and Captain Jim Cook, among others) who were pivotal personalities for more than half a century in the almost ceaseless task of clearing the way for and guarding the lives and properties of explorers, emigrants, and settlers in the West, are an extinct type of pioneer, Accounts of the heroic deeds of this handful of men, however, remain today as indelible records that dramatize the melting away of this country’s vast frontiers.
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Page : 774 pages
File Size : 38,91 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Education
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