[PDF] American Pioneer Life eBook

Author : Abner Erwin Sprague
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,85 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Big Thompson River Valley (Colo.)
ISBN : 9780930487720

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Abner Sprague's first home in the wilderness that would become Rocky Mountain National Park was a simple log cabin, its roof covered with peat. From these humble beginnings, the nenowned Colorado pioneer would build a successful guest ranch and a lasting legacy. This collection of Sprague's own writings and photographs tells of his extraordinary life, from his family and upbringing in the frontier Midwest to the Spragues' journey across the plains in a covered wagon and eventual settlement on homesteads in Estes Park. In the almost seven decades that followed, Abner Sprague played a role in America's railway expansion, married, explored the region's untamed backcountry, met many of its unique characters and operated two successful ranch resorts amid spectacular surroundings. My Pioneer Life is a unique account of the American frontier experience, told by a man who lived it to the fullest.--Back cover.

Author : Caroline Emerson
Publisher : Christian Liberty Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 25,54 MB
Release : 2005-09-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781932971514

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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 : John Mack Faragher
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 18,9 MB
Release : 1993-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1429997060

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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History for 1993 In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years, award-winning historian Faragher brilliantly portrays America's famous frontier hero. Drawing from popular narrative, the public record, scraps of documentation from Boone's own hand, and a treasure of reminiscence gathered by nineteenth-century antiquarians, Faragher uses the methods of new social history to create a portrait of the man and the times he helped shape. Blending themes from a much vitalized Western and frontier history with the words and ideas of ordinary people, Faragher has produced a book that will stand as the definitive life of Daniel Boone for decades to come, and one that illuminates the frontier world of Boone like no other.

Author : John R. Abernathy
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 12,68 MB
Release : 2006-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780803236042

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Best known for catching wolves alive with his bare hands, John R. Abernathy (1876?1941) was born to Scottish ancestors in Texas. Raised in the burgeoning railroad town of Sweetwater, Abernathy considered himself a true son of the Wild West. In his amazing life he worked as a U.S. marshal, sheriff, Secret Service agent, and wildcat oil driller. But it was the accidental discovery of a bold means of catching wolves alive that made Abernathy famous and drew the attention of President Theodore Roosevelt. By forcing his hand deep enough into a wolf's mouth, he could stun the creature long enough to capture it, a service for which he was paid fifty dollars by eager ranchers. ø This Bison Books edition brings Abernathy's vivid account of his life into print for the first time since its original publication in 1936.

Author : Kathleen Ernst
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 29,92 MB
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0870207148

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ASettler's Year provides a rare colorful glimpse into the hard and hearty lives of the early immigrants dreaming of, searching for, and creating new homes in the upper Midwest, a history captured in photographs taken by Loyd Heath at the Old World Wisconsin living history museum and poignant essays by historian and top-selling historical fiction author Kathleen Ernst.

Author : Frank P. O'brien
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 26,69 MB
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781333986384

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Excerpt from American Pioneer Life: A Remarkable Collection of the Books and Pamphlets Published by Beadle and Adams Dealing With the Character, Condition, Exploits, Stories, Biography and History of the Pioneers No. 186 - Career of Eddie Burgess of Nebraska. No. 193 - Mustang Sam. By Jos. E. Badger, Jr. Nos. 204 and 205 - Items relating to Thayendanegea. Nos. 207, 208 and 209 - Three editions of Seth Jones. N o. 210 - Eagle Eye. A Story of the Fall of Oswego. By Clark. Nos. 224 and 225 - The Life of Texas Jack (j. B. No. 233 - The Life of Pontiac the Conspirator. No. 235 - White Beaver (dr. Frank Powell). N o. 236 - Bronco Billy (william Powell). No. 23 8 - The Life and Times of Israel Putnam. N o. 243 - Maum Guinea. Nos. 261 to 265 - The earliest Base Ball Guides. N o. 271 - The Life of Tecumseh, the Shawnee Chief. No. 281 - Kit Carson, Jr. By Major Sam. S. Hall. No. 284 - Wild Wolf, the Waco. By Major Hall. 288 and 289 - Adventures of Buckskin Sam. By Ingraham. Nos. 291 and 292 - Life of Captain Charles Bigelow of Texas. No. 305 - The Life of George Washington. N o. 306 - The Life and Services of Anthony Wayne. 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.

Author : Frank P. O'Brien
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,84 MB
Release : 2015-08-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781298973436

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Author : Jacqueline Morley
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,10 MB
Release : 2012-09-07
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : 9780531280256

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Humorous look at American pioneers, and their nineteenth century journey across the western United States