The pioneers : the heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal West
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New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Physical Desc
331 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bandon Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 977.02 MCCULLOUGH | Available |
Chetco Community Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 977.02 MCCULLOUGH 2019 | Available |
Coos Bay Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 977 MCC Pioneers 2019 | Available |
Coquille Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 977 MCC [2019] | Available |
Curry Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 977 MCC | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Barker, Joseph, -- 1765-1843.
Biographies
Cutler, Ephraim, -- 1767-1853.
Cutler, Manasseh, -- 1742-1823.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio River Valley.
Hildreth, Samuel P. -- (Samuel Prescott), -- 1783-1863.
Marietta (Ohio) -- History.
Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795.
Ohio River Valley -- History.
Pioneers -- Ohio River Valley -- Biography.
Putnam, Rufus, -- 1738-1824.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
United States. -- Ordinance of 1787.
Biographies
Cutler, Ephraim, -- 1767-1853.
Cutler, Manasseh, -- 1742-1823.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio River Valley.
Hildreth, Samuel P. -- (Samuel Prescott), -- 1783-1863.
Marietta (Ohio) -- History.
Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795.
Ohio River Valley -- History.
Pioneers -- Ohio River Valley -- Biography.
Putnam, Rufus, -- 1738-1824.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
United States. -- Ordinance of 1787.
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Published
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Format
Book
Language
English
UPC
40029230751
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index.
Description
"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 figure in American science. They and their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping with such frontier realities as trees of a size never imagined, floods, fires, wolves, bears, even an earthquake, 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."--Jacket.
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Text in English.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McCullough, D. G. (2019). The pioneers: the heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal West . Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCullough, David G.. 2019. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCullough, David G.. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West Simon & Schuster, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McCullough, David G.. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West Simon & Schuster, 2019.
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