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O Pioneers!

Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : Modernista
ISBN 13 : 9181080794
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book O Pioneers! written by Willa Cather and published by Modernista. This book was released on 2024-07-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the young Swedish-descended Alexandra Bergson inherits her father's farm in Nebraska, she must transform the land from a wind-swept prairie landscape into a thriving enterprise. She dedicates herself completely to the land—at the cost of great sacrifices. O Pioneers! [1913] is Willa Cather's great masterpiece about American pioneers, where the land is as important a character as the people who cultivate it. WILLA CATHER [1873-1947] was an American author. After studying at the University of Nebraska, she worked as a teacher and journalist. Cather's novels often focus on settlers in the USA with a particular emphasis on female pioneers. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the novel One of Ours, and in 1943, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The Pioneers

Author : David G. McCullough
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781982131661
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book The Pioneers written by David G. McCullough and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler's son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent figure in American science. They and their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping with such frontier realities as trees of a size never imagined, floods, fires, wolves, bears, even an earthquake, all the while negotiating a contentious and sometimes hostile relationship with the native people. Like so many of McCullough's subjects, they let no obstacle deter or defeat them. Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments."--Dust jacket.

Pioneers Of The Black Atlantic

Author : Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Publisher : Civitas Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Pioneers Of The Black Atlantic written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and published by Civitas Books. This book was released on 1998-11-06 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 18th century a small group of black men defied the prohibition on learning and mastered the arts and sciences thereby writing themselves into history. Their autobiographies were published in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Willa Cather in Person

Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803263260
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Willa Cather in Person written by Willa Cather and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cather, the Nebraska-born novelist, describes her childhood, her career as a writer, and the influences on her work

Pioneers of Modern Japanese Poetry

Author : 室生犀星
Publisher : Cornell East Asia Series
ISBN 13 : 9781939161994
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (619 download)

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Book Synopsis Pioneers of Modern Japanese Poetry by : 室生犀星

Download or read book Pioneers of Modern Japanese Poetry written by 室生犀星 and published by Cornell East Asia Series. This book was released on 2019 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bilingual book presents a generous selection of work by four distinguished twentieth-century poets who made significant contributions to the development of modern Japanese poetry. A general introduction provides the literary and historical context for their achievement, while each poet's work is prefaced with notes on his/her life and career.

Go Do Some Great Thing

Author : Kilian Crawford
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1550179497
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Go Do Some Great Thing written by Kilian Crawford and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-10 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in pre-Civil War Philadelphia, young Black activist Mifflin Gibbs was feeling disheartened from fighting the overwhelming tide of White America’s legalized racism when abolitionist Julia Griffith encouraged him to “go do some great thing.” These words helped inspire him to become a successful merchant in San Francisco, and then to seek a more just society in the new colony of Vancouver Island, where he was to become a prominent citizen and elected official. Gibbs joined a movement of Black American emigrants fleeing the increasingly oppressive and anti-Black Californian legal system in 1858. They hoped to establish themselves in a new country where they would have full access to the rights of citizenship and would be free to seek success and stability. Some six hundred Black Californians made the trip to Victoria in the midst of the Fraser River Gold Rush, but their hopes of finding a welcoming new home were ultimately disappointed. They were to encounter social segregation, disenfranchisement, limited employment opportunities and rampant discrimination. But in spite of the opposition and racism they faced, these pioneers played a pivotal role in the emerging province, establishing an all-Black militia unit to protect against American invasion, casting deciding votes in the 1860 election and helping to build the province as teachers, miners, artisans, entrepreneurs and merchants. Crawford Kilian brings this vibrant period of British Columbia’s history to life, evoking the chaos and opportunity of Victoria’s gold rush boom and describing the fascinating lives of prominent Black pioneers and trailblazers, from Sylvia Stark and Saltspring Island’s notable Stark family to lifeguard and special constable Joe Fortes, who taught a generation of Vancouverites to swim. Since its original publication in 1978, Go Do Some Great Thing has remained foundational reading on the history of Black pioneers in BC. Updated and with a new foreword by Adam Rudder, the third edition of this under-told story describes the hardships and triumphs of BC’s first Black citizens and their legacy in the province today. Partial proceeds from each copy sold will be donated to the Hogan's Alley Society.

Pioneers of the Possible: Celebrating Visionary Women of the World

Author : Angella M. Nazarian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781614280392
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Pioneers of the Possible: Celebrating Visionary Women of the World written by Angella M. Nazarian and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents brief biographies on some of the most important women of the twentieth and twenty-first century, including Wangari Maathai, Frida Kahlo, Golda Meir, and Somaly Mam.

John Newbery

Author : Shirley Granahan
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 9781604537642
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book John Newbery written by Shirley Granahan and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2010 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life of the eighteenth-century English publisher and bookseller who was the first to print and sell books especially for children.

Pioneer Girl

Author :
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803225268
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Pioneer Girl written by and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the early childhood and life of Grace Snyder, whose family owned a Nebraska homestead in the late nineteenth century and endured the hardships and dangers of the prairie.

Brigham Young

Author : John G. Turner
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674067312
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Brigham Young written by John G. Turner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brigham Young was a rough-hewn New York craftsman whose impoverished life was electrified by the Mormon faith. Turner provides a fully realized portrait of this spiritual prophet, viewed by followers as a protector and by opponents as a heretic. His pioneering faith made a deep imprint on tens of thousands of lives in the American Mountain West.

The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science

Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803263499
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (634 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science written by Willa Cather and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This controversial biography of the founder of the Christian Science church was serialized in McClure's Magazine in 1907-8 and published as a book the next year. It disappeared almost overnight and has been difficult to find ever since. Although a Canadian mewspaperwoman named Georgine Milmine collected the material and was credited as the author, The Life Of Mary Baker G. Eddy was actually written by Willa Cather, an editor at McClure's at that time. In his introduction to this Bison Book edition, David Stouck reveals new evidence of Cather's authorship of The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy. He discusses her fidelity to facts and her concern with psychology and philosophy that would take creative form later on. Indeed, this biography contains "some of the finest portrait sketches and reflections on human nature that Willa Cather would ever write."

Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes

Author : Larry E Sullivan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135068097
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes written by Larry E Sullivan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite efforts of contemporary reformers to curb the availability of dime novels, series books, and paperbacks, Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes reveals how many readers used them as means of resistance and how fictional characters became models for self-empowerment. These literary genres, whose value has long been underestimated, provide fascinating insight into the formation of American popular culture and identity. Through these mass-produced, widely read books, Deadwood Dick, Old Sleuth, and Jessie James became popular heroes that fed the public’s imagination for the last western frontier, detective tales, and the myth of the outlaw. Women, particularly those who were poor and endured hard lives, used the literature as means of escape from the social, economic, and cultural suppression they experienced in the nineteenth century. In addition to the insight this book provides into texts such as “The Bride of the Tomb,” the Nick Carter Series, and Edward Stratemeyer’s rendition of the Lizzie Borden case, readers will find interesting information about: the roles of illustrations and covers in consumer culture Bowling Green’s endeavor to digitize paperback and pulp magazine covers bibliographical problems in collecting and controlling series books the effects of mass market fiction on young girls Louisa May Alcott’s pseudonym and authorship of three dime novels special collections competition among publishers A collection of work presented at a symposium held by the Library of Congress, Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes makes an outstanding contribution to redefining the role of popular fiction in American life.

A Land Remembered

Author : Patrick D Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561645826
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book A Land Remembered written by Patrick D Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Legends

Author : Tim O'Brien
Publisher : Casa Flamingo Literary Arts
ISBN 13 : 9781893951136
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Legends written by Tim O'Brien and published by Casa Flamingo Literary Arts. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OBriens multi-book series pays homage to the greatest of the great--those who made the amusement parks, theme parks, and waterparks what they are today.

Daughter of the Night

Author : Nandini Gupta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789389995763
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Daughter of the Night written by Nandini Gupta and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get up. Go to work. Report on a few news stories. Walk back home. Have dinner with grandparents. Sleep. Repeat. Laila's everyday to-do list was not exactly exciting. An ordinary girl with a bad temper and boisterous but beautiful curls, Laila led a mundane life in Lahore, Pakistan. Until she landed in Udaipur, India, the neighboring but rival nation, to pursue a feature story. Royal tales, historic festivities, and a vibrant culture that confirmed she was far away from home, Laila met many strangers on her journey. One of them was Gulab. As her visit drew to an end, it became clear that Laila's life intersected with Gulab's in tragic and irreversible ways. Secrets unveiled as she uncovered realities of the blood-soaked partition, gut-wrenching atrocities, and a past she never knew she had.

Black Lions

Author : Reidulf Knut Molvaer
Publisher : Red Sea Press(NJ)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Black Lions written by Reidulf Knut Molvaer and published by Red Sea Press(NJ). This book was released on 1997 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating portrait of Ethiopian writers of fiction of the 20th century and an in-depth analysis of the history of the development of Amharic literature and those who have shaped it. The range of writers covered varies from the aristocrats, educators and pioneers to the latest revolutionary writers. A vivid picture of the personal development and progress of these writers is given, as well as the impact these writers have had on Ethiopian society at large in changing old ideas, contributing towards the modernization of the country and revolutionizing the educational, social and political systems. All in all, this volume presents the portraits and sketches of thirty-two Ethiopian writers, including such notable literary giants as Hiruy Welde-Sillase, Girmacchew Tekle-Hawariyat, Kebede Mikael, Haddis Alemayehu, Abbe Gubennya, Mammo Widdneh, Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin, Mengistu Lemma, Dannyachew Werqu, Birhanu Zerihun, and last but not least Be'alu Girma.

A Portrait of Patriots and Pioneers in Sevier County

Author : Ruth C. Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732904750
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book A Portrait of Patriots and Pioneers in Sevier County written by Ruth C. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Portrait of Patriots and Pioneers of Sevier County recognizes over one hundred patriots who fought for our country's independence during the Revolutionary War and later called Sevier County home. At the end of the war, they wanted to settle down and raise a family in a place filled with possibilities. Many fought with John Sevier at the Battle of Boyd's Creek and witnessed firsthand what this area offered: an abundance of tillable land, rivers, streams, wild game and timber. These tough, brave men came here to fulfill their dreams of a better life; an area that was still Indian Territory, with no form of government. They fought the Indians, built cabins, schools, libraries, roads, ferries, mills, and blacksmith shops, and in a very short period of time; they established the County of Sevier and the City of Sevierville. These patriots deserve to be recognized and remembered for their sacrifices, struggles, hard work, and determination. Most of them lived the rest of their lives in these hills and valleys, but a few moved on in their search of another dream. As a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, I'm proud that three of these patriots are my ancestors. It is my desire that this book will be used to assist others in their search for a Revolutionary War patriot or patriots who can be added to their family tree.