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Book Synopsis Frontier Illinois by : James E. Davis
Download or read book Frontier Illinois written by James E. Davis and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2000-08-22 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this major new history of the making of the state, Davis tells a sweeping story of Illinois, from the Ice Age to the eve of the Civil War.
Book Synopsis A History of Illinois, From Its Commencement as a State in 1814 to 1847 by : Thomas Ford
Download or read book A History of Illinois, From Its Commencement as a State in 1814 to 1847 written by Thomas Ford and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis History of Cook County, Illinois by : Alfred Theodore Andreas
Download or read book History of Cook County, Illinois written by Alfred Theodore Andreas and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Early Illinois by : Isaac Newton Arnold
Download or read book Early Illinois written by Isaac Newton Arnold and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Book Synopsis Roadside History of Illinois by : Stan Banash
Download or read book Roadside History of Illinois written by Stan Banash and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan Banash has diligently recorded Illinois' rich history.... A unique guide to Illinois and its history as America's crossroads and the home of Abraham Lincoln. There is a vital need for a new "biography" of the Land of Lincoln. Stan Banash of Chicago has masterfully supplied that need through years of research. ... Mr. Banash writes with a keen sense of style and verve, making for an enjoyable and informative read. This large volume is a most welcomed addition to history bookshelves, far and wide. Did you know that Chicago was named for a wild onion? Or that the only president born in Illinois was Ronald Reagan? Or that the Ferris Wheel, processed cheese, the game of softball, the fly swatter, and the automatic dishwasher were all invented by Illinoisans? You'll find these stories and hundreds more in Roadside History of Illinois, an entertaining and revealing tour of the Prairie State's historical places. Book jacket.
Book Synopsis The Irish in Illinois by : Mathieu W. Billings
Download or read book The Irish in Illinois written by Mathieu W. Billings and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first statewide history of the Irish in the Prairie State Today over a million people in Illinois claim Irish ancestry and celebrate their love for Ireland. In this concise narrative history, authors Mathieu W. Billings and Sean Farrell bring together both familiar and unheralded stories of the Irish in Illinois, highlighting the critical roles these immigrants and their descendants played in the settlement and the making of the Prairie State. Short biographies and twenty-eight photographs vividly illustrate the significance and diversity of Irish contributions to Illinois. Billings and Farrell remind us of the countless ways Irish men and women have shaped the history and culture of the state. They fought in the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the Civil War, and two world wars; built the state’s infrastructure and worked in its factories; taught Illinois children and served the poor. Irish political leaders helped to draw up the state’s first constitution, served in city, county, and state offices, and created a machine that dominated twentieth-century politics in Chicago and the state. This lively history adds to our understanding of the history of the Irish in the state over the past two hundred fifty years. Illinoisans and Midwesterners celebrating their connections to Ireland will treasure this rich and important account of the state’s history.
Book Synopsis Illinois in the War of 1812 by : Gillum Ferguson
Download or read book Illinois in the War of 1812 written by Gillum Ferguson and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russell P. Strange "Book of the Year" Award from the Illinois State Historical Society, 2012. On the eve of the War of 1812, the Illinois Territory was a new land of bright promise. Split off from Indiana Territory in 1809, the new territory ran from the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers north to the U.S. border with Canada, embracing the current states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and a part of Michigan. The extreme southern part of the region was rich in timber, but the dominant feature of the landscape was the vast tall grass prairie that stretched without major interruption from Lake Michigan for more than three hundred miles to the south. The territory was largely inhabited by Indians: Sauk, Potawatomi, Kickapoo, and others. By 1812, however, pioneer farmers had gathered in the wooded fringes around prime agricultural land, looking out over the prairies with longing and trepidation. Six years later, a populous Illinois was confident enough to seek and receive admission as a state in the Union. What had intervened was the War of 1812, in which white settlers faced both Indians resistant to their encroachments and British forces poised to seize control of the upper Mississippi and Great Lakes. The war ultimately broke the power and morale of the Indian tribes and deprived them of the support of their ally, Great Britain. Sometimes led by skillful tacticians, at other times by blundering looters who got lost in the tall grass, the combatants showed each other little mercy. Until and even after the war was concluded by the Treaty of Ghent in 1814, there were massacres by both sides, laying the groundwork for later betrayal of friendly and hostile tribes alike and for ultimate expulsion of the Indians from the new state of Illinois. In this engrossing new history, published upon the war's bicentennial, Gillum Ferguson underlines the crucial importance of the War of 1812 in the development of Illinois as a state. The history of Illinois in the War of 1812 has never before been told with so much attention to the personalities who fought it, the events that defined it, and its lasting consequences. Endorsed by the Illinois Society of the War of 1812 and the Illinois War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission.
Book Synopsis Early Illinois Railroads by : William K. Ackerman
Download or read book Early Illinois Railroads written by William K. Ackerman and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Recollections of Early Illinois and Her Noted Men by : Joseph Gillespie
Download or read book Recollections of Early Illinois and Her Noted Men written by Joseph Gillespie and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sugar Creek written by John Mack Faragher and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of the birth and development of a rural American community from its origins at the turn of the nineteenth century to the years that followed the Civil War. Drawing on newspapers, account books, and reminiscences, the author of the prize-winning Women and Men on the Overland Trail vividly portrays the lives of the prairie’s inhabitants—Indians, pioneers, farming men and women—and adds a compelling new chapter to American social history. "This is a book for anyone who has ridden down a country road and, hearing the wind whistle through the cornstalks, wondered about the Indians and pioneers who listened to that sound before him."—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune "Every chapter, almost every page, contains new ideas or throws new light on old ones, by means of a wealth of detail and clarity of though which brings the past alive again."—Hugh Brogan, The Times Literary Supplement "A notably successful example of the new work being done on the social history of rural America…. Faragher has constructed a vivid portrait of everyday life as well as an analysis of how the community developed and changed."—George M. Fredrickson, New York Review of Books "Here, succinctly set out, is the American prairie experience."—Publishers Weekly "Sugar Creek is a major new interpretation of America’s rural past."—Howard R. Lamar, Yale University Winner of the 1986 Society for the History of the Early American Republic Award John Mack Faragher is associate professor of history at Mount Holyoke College.
Book Synopsis History of the Illinois Central Railroad by : John F. Stover
Download or read book History of the Illinois Central Railroad written by John F. Stover and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1975 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Papers in Illinois History and Transactions by : Illinois State Historical Society
Download or read book Papers in Illinois History and Transactions written by Illinois State Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of Fulton County, Illinois by :
Download or read book History of Fulton County, Illinois written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Negro in Illinois by : Brian Dolinar
Download or read book The Negro in Illinois written by Brian Dolinar and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major document of African American participation in the struggles of the Depression, The Negro in Illinois was produced by a special division of the Illinois Writers' Project, one of President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration programs. The Federal Writers' Project helped to sustain "New Negro" artists during the 1930s and gave them a newfound social consciousness that is reflected in their writing. Headed by Harlem Renaissance poet Arna Bontemps and white proletarian writer Jack Conroy, The Negro in Illinois employed major black writers living in Chicago during the 1930s, including Richard Wright, Margaret Walker, Katherine Dunham, Fenton Johnson, Frank Yerby, and Richard Durham. The authors chronicled the African American experience in Illinois from the beginnings of slavery to Lincoln's emancipation and the Great Migration, with individual chapters discussing various aspects of public and domestic life, recreation, politics, religion, literature, and performing arts. After the project was canceled in 1942, most of the writings went unpublished for more than half a century--until now. Working closely with archivist Michael Flug to select and organize the book, editor Brian Dolinar compiled The Negro in Illinois from papers at the Vivian G. Harsh Collection of Afro-American History and Literature at the Carter G. Woodson Library in Chicago. Dolinar provides an informative introduction and epilogue which explain the origins of the project and place it in the context of the Black Chicago Renaissance. Making available an invaluable perspective on African American life, this volume represents a publication of immense historical and literary importance.
Book Synopsis History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois by : John Carroll Power
Download or read book History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois written by John Carroll Power and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Papers in Illinois History and Transactions for the Year ... by :
Download or read book Papers in Illinois History and Transactions for the Year ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Centennial History of Illinois: The era of the civil war, 1848-1870, by Arthur Charles Cole by : Illinois. Centennial Commission
Download or read book The Centennial History of Illinois: The era of the civil war, 1848-1870, by Arthur Charles Cole written by Illinois. Centennial Commission and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
