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Book Synopsis Home in the Howling Wilderness by : Peter Holland
Download or read book Home in the Howling Wilderness written by Peter Holland and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 19th century, New Zealand's South Island underwent an environmental transformation at the hands of European settlers. They diverted streams and drained marshes, burned native vegetation and planted hedges and grasses, stocked farms with sheep and cattle and poured on fertilizer. Through various letter books, ledgers, diaries, and journals, this book reveals how the first European settlers learned about their new environment: talking to Maori and other Pakeha, observing weather patterns and the shifting populations of rabbits, reading newspapers, and going to lectures at the Mechanics' Institute. As the New Zealand environment threw up surprise after surprise, the settlers who succeeded in farming were those who listened closely to the environment. This rich and detailed contribution to environmental history and the literature of British colonial history and farming concludes—contrary to the assertions of some North American environmental historians—that the first generation of European settlers in New Zealand were by no means unthinking agents of change.
Book Synopsis A Home in the Howling Wilderness by : Peter Holland
Download or read book A Home in the Howling Wilderness written by Peter Holland and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the nineteenth century European settlers transformed the environment of New Zealand's South Island. They diverted streams and drained marshes, burned native vegetation and planted hedges and grasses, stocked farms with sheep and cattle and poured on fertiliser. In Home in the Howling Wilderness Peter Holland undertakes a deep history of that settlement to answer key questions about New Zealand's ecological transformation. Did the settlers pursue farming regardless of the ecological consequences? Did they impose European plants, animals and farming methods on a very different environment? And did their efforts lead to the erosion, rabbit plagues and declining soil fertility of the late nineteenth century? Drawing on letter books and ledgers, diaries and journals, Peter Holland reveals how the first European settlers learned about their new environment: talking to Maori and other Pakeha, observing weather patterns and the shifting populations of rabbits, reading newspapers and going to lectures at the Mechanics' Institute. Examining the knowledge they built up by these routes, Holland lays out how the settlers grappled with droughts and floods, worked out which plants and animals made sense, and worked out how to beat erosion and rabbits. As the New Zealand environment threw up surprise after surprise, the settlers who succeeded in farming were those who listened closely to the environment. They learned to predict weather more accurately, to farm differently with different soil types, to use different techniques of land management. In its depth and breadth of research, and with a visual component of 16 photographs and 22 figures, Home in the Howling Wilderness is a major new account of Pakeha and the land in New Zealand.
Book Synopsis Howling Wilderness by : Janet E. Nelson Rupert
Download or read book Howling Wilderness written by Janet E. Nelson Rupert and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonel Oliver Spencer was a Revolutionary War hero forced by post-war poverty to homestead in the -far West,- in the Ohio Valley. This was a dangerous proposition, since Native Americans were numerous and still in possession of the land. In this true story, the American government tried several times to wrest the land in Ohio from the Indians, but the natives spectacularly defeated the first of the military expeditions sent against them. Then Wapawaqua, an Iroquois living with Shawnee Indians, kidnapped the Colonel's son, ten-year-old Ollie Spencer, as the boy returned home from a Fourth of July celebration at Fort Washington in Cincinnati in 1792. This begins the boy's journey to becoming Indian while living with an Iroquois medicine woman and spiritualist, before his eventual rescue through diplomatic means with the aid of President Washington. Even then, the boy's adventure was not over as he began a circuitous and dangerous journey home. Finally, we learn how Ollie and his captors spent the rest of their lives, with the natives eventually fighting on the American side in the War of 1812 and their journey to a reservation in Kansas.
Book Synopsis Howling Wilderness by : Janet Rupert
Download or read book Howling Wilderness written by Janet Rupert and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ollie saw Mr. Light spring suddenly into the river and the stranger at the stern falling over toward the shore. In the next moment, he heard the sharp crack of two rifles in instant succession, the sound lagging the bullets, and looked toward the willows about ten yards above him. He saw through the thick smoke of their guns two Indians with faces painted black as midnight (a symbol they were ready to die), rushing toward the canoe. Never would Ollie forget his feelings at that moment. For an instant he stood motionless, and then he involuntarily drew down his head between his shoulders. His brief reflection was, I have made some narrow escapes, but now death is inevitable.One Indian, Wapawaqua, was now within ten feet of him. In his right hand was the uplifted tomahawk, and in his left, the naked scalping knife. Instantly wheeling, Ollie ran toward the water, hoping to reach the canoe and push out into the river. The Indian passed above him down to the shore and struck his tomahawk into the head of the unfortunate stranger. Seizing him by the hair, he passed his knife quickly around the scalp and tore it violently off, holding it up for a moment with fiendish exultation. Finding he could not gain the canoe which by this time had got out into the current, Ollie turned from the heart-sickening sight of the mangled man. Dreading every moment a similar fate, he next attempted to run down the river in the vain hope of escaping. He had not gone ten steps when discovering his design, the other Indian easily headed him. Instead, however, of seizing him violently, he approached within a few feet and extended his hand in token of peace. Ollie took it. Feeling assured of present safety from what he had heard of the character and customs of Indians, he became at once calm. The whole of these events occupied no more than thirty seconds. Ten-year-old Ollie was with the Shawnee for a mere six months. During that time he learned their language, witnessed their ceremonies and spirituality, learned to hunt and live off the land, and was close to being completely integrated into his new family and culture; close to "becoming Indian."Oliver (O.M.) Spencer was born in New Jersey in 1781. Known as Ollie as a youth, he was the son of Colonel Oliver Spencer, a wealthy tanner and noted Revolutionary War officer, and Anne Spencer, the daughter of Robert Ogden, who headed the New Jersey Assembly before the war. Due to post-war poverty, when Ollie was nine years of age, his family went west to the new villages of Columbia and Cincinnati to make a living from farming. This was a dangerous enterprise, as the local natives were still numerous and in possession of the land. Ollie was one of many thousands of settlers who Native Americans kidnapped. Doing so enabled them to replenish their numbers, depleted by war deaths and illnesses, while they battled for their land. The natives were particularly fond of taking children and bringing them up as their own. Most of the children taken, after a year or two with the natives, never wanted to return to "white life."Included in this story are the wars leading up to the time of Ollie's capture and the final battle that defeated the Shawnee in Ohio. In the last chapters we follow not only Ollie's adult life but the lives of his two captors on the side of the Americans in the War of 1812, their life on the Lewistown Reservation, and ultimately, their journey west to a new reservation.
Book Synopsis Through a Howling Wilderness by : Thomas A. Desjardin
Download or read book Through a Howling Wilderness written by Thomas A. Desjardin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great military history about the early days of the American Revolution, Thomas A. Desjardin's Through a Howling Wilderness is also a timeless adventure narrative that tells of heroic acts, men pitted against nature's fury, and a fledgling nation's fight against a tyrannical oppressor. Before Benedict Arnold was branded a traitor, he was one of the colonies' most valuable leaders. In September 1775, eleven hundred soldiers boarded ships in Massachusetts, bound for the Maine wilderness. They had volunteered for a secret mission, under Arnold's command to march and paddle nearly two hundred miles and seize British Quebec. Before they reached the Canadian border, hundreds died, a hurricane destroyed canoes and equipment and many deserted. In the midst of a howling blizzard, the remaining troops attacked Quebec and almost took Canada from the British simultaneously weakening the British hand against Washington. With the enigmatic Benedict Arnold at its center, Desjardin has written one of the great American adventure stories.
Download or read book The Desert Home written by Mayne Reid and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis First Fam'lies of the Sierras by : Joaquin Miller
Download or read book First Fam'lies of the Sierras written by Joaquin Miller and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "First Fam'lies of the Sierras" by Joaquin Miller. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Howling Hill written by Will Hobbs and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1998-09-28 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hanni the wolf pup has never been alone before, and now she's lost in the wilderness. She's too little and scared even to cry out for help! But Hanni soon learns to trust the world outside and the wolf inside--and finally discovers a howl within, long a deep, that brings her family to the rescue. From an award-winning novelist comes this thrilling picture-book tale, illustrated with dynamic paintings that capture the dramatic landscape of the far north.
Book Synopsis British Cyprus by : William Hepworth Dixon
Download or read book British Cyprus written by William Hepworth Dixon and published by London, Chapman. This book was released on 1879 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Theological Dickens by : Brenda Ayres
Download or read book The Theological Dickens written by Brenda Ayres and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first collection to investigate Charles Dickens on his vast and various opinions about the uses and abuses of the tenets of Christian faith that imbue English Victorian culture. Although previous studies have looked at his well-known antipathies toward Dissenters, Evangelicals, Catholics, and Jews, they have also disagreed about Dickens’ thoughts on Unitarianism and speculated on doctrines of Protestantism that he endorsed or rejected. Besides addressing his depiction of these religious groups, the volume’s contributors locate gaps in scholarship and unresolved illations about poverty and charity, representations of children, graveyards, labor, scientific controversy, and other social issues through an investigation of Dickens’ theological concerns. In addition, given that Dickens’ texts continue to influence every generation around the globe, a timely inclusion in the collection is a consideration of the neo-Victorian multi-media representations of Dickens’ work and his ideas on theological questions pitched to a postmodern society.
Download or read book Wilderness Homes written by Oliver Kemp and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ends of History by : Christina Crosby
Download or read book The Ends of History written by Christina Crosby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Why were the Victorians so passionate about 'history'? How did this passion relate to another Victorian obsession - the 'woman question'? Christina Crosby investigates the links between the Victorians' fascination with 'history' and with the nature of 'women'.
Book Synopsis The Great Concern by : Edward Pearse
Download or read book The Great Concern written by Edward Pearse and published by Digital Puritan Press. This book was released on 2021-04-02 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Pearse died at forty of tuberculosis, but during his final months, he wrote this book as a guide to his congregation, in order to direct them to life’s one ‘great concern,’ namely, “to have all things set right, well-ordered, and composed in the matters of the soul before leaving this world.” With wonderful clarity, the author shows how putting the spiritual concerns of the soul into the best posture possible for the hour of death is in actuality the key to living an abundant, God-honoring life. Or as Pearse explains: “It is to fill up our time with duty, and our duties with grace; to use the time which is given to us in the pursuit of these ends—not to eat, drink, and please ourselves with creature comforts—but to serve and honor the Creator, to work out our salvation, to become acquainted with God and Christ, and to ensure ourselves of heaven and a blessed eternity.” Edward Pearse (c.1633–1674) was a Puritan pastor in London during a period of immense political and social upheaval in England. He (along with nearly two thousand other pastors throughout England) chose to resign his pulpit in 1662, rather than comply with the Act of Uniformity. Originally published in 1673, this classic work has been meticulously edited to benefit a new generation of Christian readers. Archaic language has been gently modernized, and helpful footnotes have been added to aid the reader. This edition includes a biographical preface and review questions designed to facilitate group discussion or personal reflection.
Download or read book Wilderness written by Mia Cassany and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brilliantly illustrated book takes young readers to the planet's wild regions, including forests, jungles, tundras, and deserts to discover the animals that call it home. This captivating book brings the natural world into sharp focus. Beautifully colored and intricately detailed illustrations depict places as exotic and wide-ranging as Senegal's Niokolo-Koba National Park, Russia's Sikhote-Alin mountain range, the Sinharaja Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka, Daintree National Park in Australia, the Mexican desert, and China's bamboo forests. The animals that live in these remote places, cleverly hidden in the trees, plants, and flowers, create a marvelous challenge for young readers to find and identify. Each spread contains more than twenty different species including birds, snakes, frogs, iguanas, leopards, tigers, gorillas, pandas, and wolves. The back of the book is filled with additional information about the animals and their habitats. Young readers will find much to discover, explore, and learn in this absorbing celebration of our planet and the amazing creatures we share it with.
Book Synopsis Nothing Ever Just Disappears by : Diarmuid Hester
Download or read book Nothing Ever Just Disappears written by Diarmuid Hester and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of artistic freedom, survival, and the hidden places of the imagination, including James Baldwin in Provence, Josephine Baker in Paris, Kevin Killian in San Francisco, and E. M. Forster in Cambridge, among other groundbreaking queer artists of the twentieth century. Nothing Ever Just Disappears is radical new history of seven queer lives and the places that shaped these groundbreaking artists. At the turn of the century, in the shade of Cambridge's cloisters, a young E. M. Forster conceals his passion for other men, even as he daydreams about the sun-warmed bodies of ancient Greece. Under the dazzling lights of interwar Paris, Josephine Baker dances her way to fame and fortune and discovers sexual freedom backstage at the Folies Bergère. And on Jersey Island, in the darkest days of Nazi occupation, the transgressive surrealist Claude Cahun mounts an extraordinary resistance to save the island she loves, scattering hundreds of dissident artworks along its streets and shorelines. Nothing Ever Just Disappears brings to life the stories of seven remarkable figures and illuminates the connections between where they lived, who they loved, and the art they created. It shows that a queer sense of place is central to the history of the twentieth century and powerfully evokes how much is lost when queer spaces are forgotten. From the suffragettes in London and James Baldwin's home in Provence, to Kevin Killian's San Francisco and Derek Jarman’s cottage in Kent, this is both a thrilling new literary history and a celebration of freedom, survival, and the hidden places of the imagination.
Book Synopsis The Swiss Settlement of Switzerland County, Indiana by : Perret Dufour
Download or read book The Swiss Settlement of Switzerland County, Indiana written by Perret Dufour and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indiana Historical Collections written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
