The Book Of The Pioneers
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Author | : David McCullough |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-05-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1501168681 |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story—the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler’s son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent pioneer in American science. They and their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping with such frontier realities as floods, fires, wolves and bears, no roads or bridges, no guarantees of any sort, all the while negotiating a contentious and sometimes hostile relationship with the native people. Like so many of McCullough’s subjects, they let no obstacle deter or defeat them. Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. This is a revelatory and quintessentially American story, written with David McCullough’s signature narrative energy.
Author | : John Bliss |
Publisher | : Heinemann-Raintree Library |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2011-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1410940764 |
Offers insight into the pioneer children's daily life and provides profiles of real migrant children and their later successes.
Author | : Caroline Emerson |
Publisher | : Christian Liberty Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2005-09-28 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781932971514 |
American Pioneers & Patriots will allow your 3rd and 4th grade students to explore America's past through the fictional accounts of typical pioneer families. Young patriots of today will gain an appreciation of the courage it took to build this great nation of ours!
Author | : Willa Cather |
Publisher | : Modernista |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2024-07-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9181080794 |
When the young Swedish-descended Alexandra Bergson inherits her father's farm in Nebraska, she must transform the land from a wind-swept prairie landscape into a thriving enterprise. She dedicates herself completely to the land—at the cost of great sacrifices. O Pioneers! [1913] is Willa Cather's great masterpiece about American pioneers, where the land is as important a character as the people who cultivate it. WILLA CATHER [1873-1947] was an American author. After studying at the University of Nebraska, she worked as a teacher and journalist. Cather's novels often focus on settlers in the USA with a particular emphasis on female pioneers. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the novel One of Ours, and in 1943, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Author | : Angella M. Nazarian |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Women |
ISBN | : 9781614280392 |
Presents brief biographies on some of the most important women of the twentieth and twenty-first century, including Wangari Maathai, Frida Kahlo, Golda Meir, and Somaly Mam.
Author | : Louis Haber |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780152085667 |
Traces the lives of fourteen black scientists and inventors who have made significant contributions in the various fields of science and industry.
Author | : Norma J. Collins |
Publisher | : Review and Herald Pub Assoc |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780828018951 |
Perhaps you've heard the stories of the Adventist pioneers. However these are the stories that are not often told. The stories that bring out the human nature of each one. Heartwarming stories will give you a different perspective. You'll get to know the pioneers. None of them were perfect--but all of them did their best, by God's grace, to spread the message of Jesus' soon return and the good news of the seventh-day Sabbath. You'll laugh, cry, and celebrate the God who uses imperfect people to do His work. - A Word to the Reader; CHAPTER; 1 William Miller: "Today, Today, and Today, Till He Comes"; 2 Hiram Edson: Bible Student, Preacher, Healer; 3 Joseph Bates: Herald of the Saggath; 4 James White: "You Will See Your Lord A-Coming"; 5 Ellen Gould Harmon: Messenger of the Lord; 6 William Foy and Hazen Foss: One Who Willingly Obeyed, and One Who Refused to Obey; 7 Heman S. Gurney: The Singing Blacksmith; 8 James and Ellen White: They Worked Together; 9 Uriah Smith: "Yours in the Blessed Hope"; 10 John Nevins Andrews: "The Ablest Man in Our Ranks"; 11 Annie Smith: Poet, Artist, Editor; Bibliography
Author | : Pat McCarthy |
Publisher | : Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2009-08 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1613741995 |
Tracing the vivid saga of Native American and pioneer men, women, and children, this guide covers the colonial beginnings of the westward expansion to the last of the homesteaders in the late 20th century. Dozens of firsthand accounts from journals and autobiographies of the era form a rich and detailed story that shows how life in the backwoods and on the prairie mirrors modern life in many ways--children attended school and had daily chores, parents worked hard to provide for their families, and communities gathered for church and social events. More than 20 activities are included in this engaging guide to life in the west, including learning to churn butter, making dip candles, tracking animals, playing Blind Man's Bluff, and creating a homestead diorama.
Author | : Charles C. Mann |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2009-09-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1416949003 |
A companion book for young readers based upon the explorations of the Americas in 1491, before those of Christopher Columbus.
Author | : Patricia J. Murphy |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2008-08-18 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0756651778 |
Photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. Journey of a Pioneer follows the adventures of a young girl as her family travels west in covered wagons along the famous Oregon Trail.