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A Life on the Middle West's Never-Ending Frontier

Author : Willard L. Boyd
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609386515
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book A Life on the Middle West's Never-Ending Frontier written by Willard L. Boyd and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: University of Iowa legend Willard L. “Sandy” Boyd is a proud middle westerner. His decades of service to the university began in 1954, when he arrived as a law professor. He later became president of the University of Iowa from 1969 to 1981, and led the school through times that were fraught not just for the university but for the country. During the intense polarization of the late sixties and early seventies, Sandy’s compassion and steady leadership ensured that dissent on campus would be honored and would not stop the university’s educational mission. He quickly became admired, not simply for his professional achievements but also for his personal integrity. His memoir, interspersed with personal wisdom gleaned over more than six decades of service and leadership, encapsulates Sandy’s shrewd yet optimistic view of the public university as an institution. At every stage in his life—in the U.S. Navy during World War II, while practicing law or teaching, and in leadership positions at Chicago’s Field Museum and the University of Iowa— Sandy relied on his principles of open disclosure, inclusiveness, and respect for differences to guide him on issues that matter. This chronicle of Sandy’s experiences throughout his life shows us the evolution both of the University of Iowa and of the nation writ large. More importantly, this book gives us a lens through which to examine our present situation, whether debating free speech on campus, the role of the arts and humanities in civil society, or the importance of funding for educational and cultural institutions.

Beyond the Frontier

Author : Parrish Randall
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781318925827
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Frontier written by Parrish Randall and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Kessinger's Mid-west Review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Kessinger's Mid-west Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wanton West

Author : Lael Morgan
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1569768978
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Wanton West written by Lael Morgan and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the time of the gold rush to the election of the first woman to the U.S. Congress, Wanton West brings to life the women of the West's wildest region: Montana, famous for its lawlessness, boomtowns, and America's largest red-light districts. Prostitutes and entrepreneurs--like Chicago Joe, Madame Mustache, and Highkicker—flocked to Montana to make their own money, gamble, drink, and raise hell just like men. Moralists wrote them off as “soiled doves,” yet a surprising number prospered, flaunting their freedom and banking ten times more than their “respectable” sisters. A lively read providing new insights into women's struggle for equality, Wanton West is a refreshingly objective exploration of a freewheeling society and a re-creation of an unforgettable era in history.

Beyond the Frontier

Author : Randall Parish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Frontier written by Randall Parish and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wildland Sentinel

Author : Erika Billerbeck
Publisher : Bureau Oak Book
ISBN 13 : 1609387147
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Wildland Sentinel written by Erika Billerbeck and published by Bureau Oak Book. This book was released on 2020 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wildland Sentinel, Erika Billerbeck takes readers along for the ride as she and her colleagues sift through poaching investigations, chase down sex offenders in state parks, search for fugitives in wildlife areas, haul drunk boaters to jail, perform body recoveries, and face the chaos that comes with disaster response.

The Ninth Decade

Author : Carl H. Klaus
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609387872
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Ninth Decade written by Carl H. Klaus and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ninth Decade is a path-breaking and timely book on aging: the first to focus explicitly and at length on eighty-somethings, the fastest-growing demographic in the industrialized world. Covering eight years in lively six-month installments, Klaus tells a vivid story not only of his own ninth decade and survival routines, but also of his loving companion, Jackie, who is strikingly different from him in her physical well-being, practical outlook, sociable temperament, and vigorous workouts. Cameos of their octogenarian friends and relatives near and far add to a wide-ranging and revelatory portrayal of advanced aging, as do bios of notable octogenarians. The multi-year scope of his chronicle reveals the numerous physical and mental problems that arise during octogenarian life and how eighty-year-olds have dealt with those challenges. The Ninth Decade is a unique, first-hand source of information for anyone in their sixties, seventies, or eighties, as well as for persons devoted to care of the aged. Though the challenges of octogenarian life often require specialized care, The Ninth Decade also shows the pleasures of it to be so special as to have inspired Lillian Hellman’s paradoxical description of “longer life” as “the happy problem of our time.”

Beyond the Frontier

Author : Randall Parrish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Frontier written by Randall Parrish and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beyond the Frontier

Author : Randall Parrish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (764 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Frontier written by Randall Parrish and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was early autumn, for the clusters of grapes above me were already purple, and theforest leaves were tinged with red. And yet the air was soft, and the golden bars of sunflickered down on the work in my lap through the laced branches of the trellis. The workwas but a pretense, for I had fled the house to escape the voice of Monsieur Cassion whowas still urging my uncle to accompany him on his journey into the wilderness. They sat inthe great room before the fireplace, drinking, and I had heard enough already to tell methere was treachery on foot against the Sieur de la Salle. To be sure it was nothing to me, agirl knowing naught of such intrigue, yet I had not forgotten the day, three years before, when this La Salle, with others of his company, had halted 2 before the Ursuline convent, and the sisters bade them welcome for the night. 'Twas my part to help serve, and he hadstroked my hair in tenderness. I had sung to them, and watched his face in the firelight ashe listened. Never would I forget that face, nor believe evil of such a man. No! not from thelips of Cassion nor even from the governor, La Barre.I recalled it all now, as I sat there in the silence, pretending to work, how we watched themembark in their canoes and disappear, the Indian paddlers bending to their task, andMonsieur la Salle, standing, bareheaded as he waved farewell. Beyond him was the darkface of one they called De Tonty, and in the first boat a mere boy lifted his ragged hat. Iknow not why, but the memory of that lad was clearer than all those others, for he had metme in the hall and we had talked long in the great window ere the sister came, and took meaway. So I remembered him, and his name, Rene de Artigny. And in all those years I heardno more. Into the black wilderness they swept and were lost to those of us at home in NewFranc

FROM THE WEST TO THE WEST

Author : ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book FROM THE WEST TO THE WEST written by ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beyond the Frontier

Author : Randall Parrish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330546000
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Frontier written by Randall Parrish and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Beyond the Frontier: A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West It was early autumn, for the clusters of grapes above me were already purple, and the forest leaves were tinged with red. And yet the air was soft, and the golden bars of sun flickered down on the work in my lap through the laced branches of the trellis. The work was but a pretense, for I had fled the house to escape the voice of Monsieur Cassion who was still urging my uncle to accompany him on his journey into the wilderness. They sat in the great room before the fireplace, drinking, and I had heard enough already to tell me there was treachery on foot against the Sieur de la Salle. 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.

Episodes from "The Winning of the West", 1769-1807

Author : Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Episodes from "The Winning of the West", 1769-1807 written by Theodore Roosevelt and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American West

Author : James A. Arnold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780811709774
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book The American West written by James A. Arnold and published by . This book was released on 1996-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This well-researched and compelling record of pioneer life contrasts our myths of the frontier with the harsh realities faced by the typical settler.

The End of the Myth

Author : Greg Grandin
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1250179815
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The End of the Myth written by Greg Grandin and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE A new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump’s border wall. Ever since this nation’s inception, the idea of an open and ever-expanding frontier has been central to American identity. Symbolizing a future of endless promise, it was the foundation of the United States’ belief in itself as an exceptional nation – democratic, individualistic, forward-looking. Today, though, America hasa new symbol: the border wall. In The End of the Myth, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin explores the meaning of the frontier throughout the full sweep of U.S. history – from the American Revolution to the War of 1898, the New Deal to the election of 2016. For centuries, he shows, America’s constant expansion – fighting wars and opening markets – served as a “gate of escape,” helping to deflect domestic political and economic conflicts outward. But this deflection meant that the country’s problems, from racism to inequality, were never confronted directly. And now, the combined catastrophe of the 2008 financial meltdown and our unwinnable wars in the Middle East have slammed this gate shut, bringing political passions that had long been directed elsewhere back home. It is this new reality, Grandin says, that explains the rise of reactionary populism and racist nationalism, the extreme anger and polarization that catapulted Trump to the presidency. The border wall may or may not be built, but it will survive as a rallying point, an allegorical tombstone marking the end of American exceptionalism.

The Way West

Author : James A. Crutchfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781800557451
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book The Way West written by James A. Crutchfield and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Significance of the Frontier in American History

Author : Frederick Jackson Turner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781614275725
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book The Significance of the Frontier in American History written by Frederick Jackson Turner and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2014 Reprint of 1894 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. The "Frontier Thesis" or "Turner Thesis," is the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1894 that American democracy was formed by the American Frontier. He stressed the process-the moving frontier line-and the impact it had on pioneers going through the process. He also stressed consequences of a ostensibly limitless frontier and that American democracy and egalitarianism were the principle results. In Turner's thesis the American frontier established liberty by releasing Americans from European mindsets and eroding old, dysfunctional customs. The frontier had no need for standing armies, established churches, aristocrats or nobles, nor for landed gentry who controlled most of the land and charged heavy rents. Frontier land was free for the taking. Turner first announced his thesis in a paper entitled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," delivered to the American Historical Association in 1893 in Chicago. He won very wide acclaim among historians and intellectuals. Turner's emphasis on the importance of the frontier in shaping American character influenced the interpretation found in thousands of scholarly histories. By the time Turner died in 1932, 60% of the leading history departments in the U.S. were teaching courses in frontier history along Turnerian lines.

Beyond the Frontier

Author : Randall Parrish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Frontier written by Randall Parrish and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was early autumn, for the clusters of grapes above me were already purple, and the forest leaves were tinged with red. And yet the air was soft, and the golden bars of sun flickered down on the work in my lap through the laced branches of the trellis. The work was but a pretense, for I had fled the house to escape the voice of Monsieur Cassion who was still urging my uncle to accompany him on his journey into the wilderness. They sat in the great room before the fireplace, drinking, and I had heard enough already to tell me there was treachery on foot against the Sieur de la Salle. To be sure it was nothing to me, a girl knowing naught of such intrigue, yet I had not forgotten the day, three years before, when this La Salle, with others of his company, had halted 2 before the Ursuline convent, and the sisters bade them welcome for the night. 'Twas my part to help serve, and he had stroked my hair in tenderness. I had sung to them, and watched his face in the firelight as he listened. Never would I forget that face, nor believe evil of such a man. No! not from the lips of Cassion nor even from the governor, La Barre. I recalled it all now, as I sat there in the silence, pretending to work, how we watched them embark in their canoes and disappear, the Indian paddlers bending to their task, and Monsieur la Salle, standing, bareheaded as he waved farewell. Beyond him was the dark face of one they called De Tonty, and in the first boat a mere boy lifted his ragged hat. I know not why, but the memory of that lad was clearer than all those others, for he had met me in the hall and we had talked long in the great window ere the sister came, and took me away. So I remembered him, and his name, Rene de Artigny. And in all those years I heard no more. Into the black wilderness they swept and were lost to those of us at home in New France.