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Settlers of the American West

- The Lives of 231 Notable Pioneers
Af: Mary Ellen Snodgrass Engelsk Paperback

Settlers of the American West

- The Lives of 231 Notable Pioneers
Af: Mary Ellen Snodgrass Engelsk Paperback
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Depictions of the American west in literature, art and film perpetuate romantic stereotypes of the pioneers--the gold-crazed ''49er, the intrepid sodbuster. While ennobling the woodsman, the farmwife and the lawman, this tunnel vision of American history has shortchanged the whaler, the assayer, the innkeeper and the inventor. The westward advance of the trailblazers created demand for a gamut of unsung adventurers--surveyors, financiers, politicians, surgeons, entertainers, grocers and midwives--who built communities and businesses in the wilderness amid clashes with Indians, epidemics, floods, droughts and outlawry.

Chronicling the worthy deeds, ethnicities, languages and lifestyles of ordinary people who survived a stirring period in American history, this book provides biographical information for hundreds of individual pioneers on the North American frontier, from the Mississippi River Valley as far west as Alaska. Appendices list pioneers by state or country of departure, destination, ethnicity, religion and occupation. A chronology of pioneer achievements places them in perspective.

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Depictions of the American west in literature, art and film perpetuate romantic stereotypes of the pioneers--the gold-crazed ''49er, the intrepid sodbuster. While ennobling the woodsman, the farmwife and the lawman, this tunnel vision of American history has shortchanged the whaler, the assayer, the innkeeper and the inventor. The westward advance of the trailblazers created demand for a gamut of unsung adventurers--surveyors, financiers, politicians, surgeons, entertainers, grocers and midwives--who built communities and businesses in the wilderness amid clashes with Indians, epidemics, floods, droughts and outlawry.

Chronicling the worthy deeds, ethnicities, languages and lifestyles of ordinary people who survived a stirring period in American history, this book provides biographical information for hundreds of individual pioneers on the North American frontier, from the Mississippi River Valley as far west as Alaska. Appendices list pioneers by state or country of departure, destination, ethnicity, religion and occupation. A chronology of pioneer achievements places them in perspective.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9780786497355
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0786497351
Udg. Dato: 28 feb 2015
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 178mm
Højde: 254mm
Forlag: McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato: 28 feb 2015
Forfatter(e): Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Forfatter(e) Mary Ellen Snodgrass


Kategori Amerikansk historie


ISBN-13 9780786497355


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 256


Udgave


Længde 0mm


Bredde 178mm


Højde 254mm


Udg. Dato 28 feb 2015


Oplagsdato 28 feb 2015


Forlag McFarland & Co Inc

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