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Book Synopsis Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet by : Laura M. Chmielewski
Download or read book Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet written by Laura M. Chmielewski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this succinct dual biography, Laura Chmielewski demonstrates how the lives of two French explorers – Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Jolliet, a fur trapper – reveal the diverse world of early America. Following the explorers' epic journey through the center of the American continent, Marquette and Jolliet combines a story of discovery and encounter with the insights derived from recent historical scholarship. The story provides perspective on the different methods and goals of colonization and the role of Native Americans as active participants in this complex and uneven process.
Book Synopsis Marquette & Jolliet by : Alexander Zelenyj
Download or read book Marquette & Jolliet written by Alexander Zelenyj and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new book outlines how Marquette and Jolliet laid the groundwork for further French colonization of the New World, which led to the claiming of the huge territory of Louisiana.
Book Synopsis Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet by : Zachary Kent
Download or read book Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet written by Zachary Kent and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the expedition led by two Frenchmen, a soldier and a priest, to explore the Mississippi River in the late seventeenth century.
Book Synopsis Father Marquette's Journal by : Jacques Marquette
Download or read book Father Marquette's Journal written by Jacques Marquette and published by Michigan History Magazine. This book was released on 2001 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet by : Tanya Larkin
Download or read book Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet written by Tanya Larkin and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the French explorers whose primary goal was to find the Northwest Passage, but who made their mark on history by exploring and charting the Mississippi River.
Download or read book Joliet written by David A. Belden and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1673, Louis Jolliet and Fr. Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans to explore the Mississippi and the Illinois River valleys. Their explorations took them through what is now Joliet. Founded in 1834 as Juliet, the settlement's future was shaped by several important developments. The Des Plaines River provided an early waterway, and its power gave rise to mills and manufacturing. Native limestone rock beds helped build a 19th-century city, while Joliet quarries employed thousands of men. From the opening of the Illinois and Michigan Canal in 1848, to the building of the Illinois Central and Rock Island Railroads in the 1850s, to the intersecting of the Lincoln Highway and Route 66 in the 20th century, Joliet became an important hub between rural towns in Will and Grundy Counties and Chicago. Over 200 vintage postcards of Joliet reveal a unique city with a sense of community pride.
Book Synopsis Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley by : John Gilmary Shea
Download or read book Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley written by John Gilmary Shea and published by Albany : J. McDonough. This book was released on 1903 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Explore with Marquette and Jolliet by : Cynthia O'Brien
Download or read book Explore with Marquette and Jolliet written by Cynthia O'Brien and published by Travel with the Great Explorer. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marquette was a French missionary and Joliet a fur trader and explorer. Together they set out to find the direction and origin of the Mississippi River, ultimately exploring most of the distance between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico! Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in an appealing tabloid style that guides readers through major voyages, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include why the French wanted to explore North America, the fur trade, meetings with local peoples such as the Illinois and Mascouten, relations between France and Spain in the Americas, and what became of the two men after their journey. Teacher's guide available.
Book Synopsis Makers of Arkansas History by : John Hugh Reynolds
Download or read book Makers of Arkansas History written by John Hugh Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Around the Bend written by C. C. Lockwood and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1997 renowned nature photographer C. C. Lockwood embarked on a remarkable adventure. First by canoe and then by Grand Canyon–style pontoon raft, he journeyed the length of the Mississippi River—2,320 miles—from its source at Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. Armed with his camera and computer equipment to transmit stories and pictures to schoolchildren, this “High Tech Huck Finn” trained his lens on spectacular scenes, creating images that vividly depict the life pulsing in and near this vital American artery—water and lands that touch the lives of every American. As Lockwood shows in these brilliant color photographs, the river has many faces. At its birthplace it is nothing more than a trickle among rocks. But as it serpentines south, it slowly grows until, at its end, it pours daily over 420 billion gallons of water into the Gulf of Mexico. Lockwood captures the river in all of its moods: a ghostly foggy morning on the bank; a bright orange sunset over the bends; a quiet snowfall at the headwaters; a sudden rain shower at dusk. He also offers intimate images of the creatures that make their home in the river or along its shores: a whitetail fawn nestled in underbrush; a curious frog peeking out from beneath reeds; a Canada goose marching in line with her goslings; turtles burying themselves in mud. His depiction of the natural beauty of Old Man River is unparalleled. The river comes to appear as a thriving community because Lockwood introduces the people, both ordinary and extraordinary, who live and journey on it. We meet, among others, a performance artist intent on swimming the river’s length; inhabitants of a makeshift houseboat colony near Winona, Minnesota; Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher look-alikes in Hannibal, Missouri; and Willie P., who, with the help of thirty-gallon plastic barrels and paddle wheels, employs a most unusual mode of river transportation—a Toyota Celica hatchback. To illustrate the changing riverscape, Lockwood includes images of some of the businesses and industries that line the river’s banks: casino river boats glittering in the night; the jumping blues clubs of Memphis’ Beale Street; bustling industrial plants and the countless barges and push boats that service them. He also offers a detailed memoir of his trip, as well as his other tours of the river by plane, car, tugboat, and river boat, in a delightful introduction. Lockwood’s photographs depict beautifully the varied aspects of the Mississippi River—flourishing community, vital industrial corridor, and priceless environmental treasure. Through this book, readers can join him on his quest to discover the wonders that lie just “around the bend.”
Book Synopsis The Rumble of a Distant Drum by : Morris Arnold
Download or read book The Rumble of a Distant Drum written by Morris Arnold and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rumble of a Distant Drum opens in 1673 when Marquette and Jolliet sailed down the Mississippi River and found the Quapaw already in residence in the Arkansas Post, where the Arkansas River flowed into the Mississippi. Here, they established the first European settlement in this part of the country, thirty years before New Orleans and eighty years before St. Louis. Morris S. Arnold draws on his many years of archival research and writing on colonial Arkansas to produce this elegant account of the cultural intersections of the French and Spanish with the native American peoples. He demonstrates that the Quapaws and Frenchmen created a highly symbiotic society in which the two disparate peoples became connected in complex and subtle ways - through intermarriage, trade, religious practice, and political/military alliances.
Book Synopsis Explorers and Travellers by : Adolphus Washington Greely
Download or read book Explorers and Travellers written by Adolphus Washington Greely and published by New York : Scribner. This book was released on 1893 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chicago River written by Libby Hill and published by Southern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this social and ecological account of the Chicago River, Libby Hill tells the story of how a sluggish waterway emptying into Lake Michigan became central to the creation of Chicago as a major metropolis and transportation hub. This widely acclaimed volume weaves the perspectives of science, engineering, commerce, politics, economics, and the natural world into a chronicle of the river from its earliest geologic history through its repeated adaptations to the city that grew up around it. While explaining the river’s role in massive public works, such as drainage and straightening, designed to address the infrastructure needs of a growing population, Hill focuses on the synergy between the river and the people of greater Chicago, whether they be the tribal cultures that occupied the land after glacial retreat, the first European inhabitants, or more recent residents. In the first edition, Hill brought together years of original research and the contributions of dozens of experts to tell the Chicago River’s story up until 2000. This revised edition features discussions of disinfection, Asian carp, green strategies, the evolution of the Chicago Riverwalk, and the river’s rejuvenation. It also explores how earlier solutions to problems challenge today’s engineers, architects, environmentalists, and public policy agencies as they address contemporary issues. Revealing the river to be a microcosm of the uneasy relationship between nature and civilization, The Chicago River offers the tools and knowledge for the city’s residents to be champions on the river’s behalf.
Book Synopsis Searching for Marquette by : Ruth D. Nelson
Download or read book Searching for Marquette written by Ruth D. Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through monuments and artwork, Ruth D. Nelson retells the story of the 17th-century French Jesuit missionary-explorer. Searching for Marquette follows his journey through today's cities and towns to uncover French relics, Native-American royalty, and hearty settlers in a drama of faith, the fur trade and the future of America's heartland
Download or read book Navy Pier written by Douglas Bukowski and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 1996-06-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1673 when Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet portaged through the territory that is now Chicago, water transportation has been vital to the city's growth. In the early twentieth century, when Daniel Burnham put together his master plan for the design of Chicago—a plan intended to create a sense of civic virtue—he envisioned a grand municipal pier for public recreation near the central city. Later modified for multiple uses by the Chicago-Harbor Commission, Navy Pier opened in 1916. This glorious extension into Lake Michigan was a feat of engineering not unlike the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, and prompted a similar fascination. In this entertaining history, abundantly illustrated with 75 photographs and 32 color plates, Douglas Bukowski traces the origins and construction of Navy Pier, its "golden era" to 1940, its uses in the World War II home front, its college campus years, and its rediscovery and redevelopment for recreational use from the 1970s to the present. Daniel Burnham's advice to Chicago to "make no little plans" is beautifully captured in this book. A publication of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority of Chicago.
Download or read book The Old-Time Saloon written by George Ade and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: R. Long & R.R. Smith, 1931.
Book Synopsis Jacques Marquette, S.J., 1637-1675 by : Joseph P. Donnelly
Download or read book Jacques Marquette, S.J., 1637-1675 written by Joseph P. Donnelly and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
