Murder at the Mission

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ISBN 13 : 0525561684
Total Pages : 481 pages
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Book Synopsis Murder at the Mission by : Blaine Harden

Download or read book Murder at the Mission written by Blaine Harden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the 2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award “Terrific.” –Timothy Egan, The New York Times “A riveting investigation of both American myth-making and the real history that lies beneath.” –Claudio Saunt, author of Unworthy Republic From the New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, a “terrifically readable” (Los Angeles Times) account of one of the most persistent “alternative facts” in American history: the story of a missionary, a tribe, a massacre, and a myth that shaped the American West In 1836, two missionaries and their wives were among the first Americans to cross the Rockies by covered wagon on what would become the Oregon Trail. Dr. Marcus Whitman and Reverend Henry Spalding were headed to present-day Washington state and Idaho, where they aimed to convert members of the Cayuse and Nez Perce tribes. Both would fail spectacularly as missionaries. But Spalding would succeed as a propagandist, inventing a story that recast his friend as a hero, and helped to fuel the massive westward migration that would eventually lead to the devastation of those they had purportedly set out to save. As Spalding told it, after uncovering a British and Catholic plot to steal the Oregon Territory from the United States, Whitman undertook a heroic solo ride across the country to alert the President. In fact, he had traveled to Washington to save his own job. Soon after his return, Whitman, his wife, and eleven others were massacred by a group of Cayuse. Though they had ample reason - Whitman supported the explosion of white migration that was encroaching on their territory, and seemed to blame for a deadly measles outbreak - the Cayuse were portrayed as murderous savages. Five were executed. This fascinating, impeccably researched narrative traces the ripple effect of these events across the century that followed. While the Cayuse eventually lost the vast majority of their territory, thanks to the efforts of Spalding and others who turned the story to their own purposes, Whitman was celebrated well into the middle of the 20th century for having "saved Oregon." Accounts of his heroic exploits appeared in congressional documents, The New York Times, and Life magazine, and became a central founding myth of the Pacific Northwest. Exposing the hucksterism and self-interest at the root of American myth-making, Murder at the Mission reminds us of the cost of American expansion, and of the problems that can arise when history is told only by the victors.

Whitman Mission National Historic Site

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Total Pages : 246 pages
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Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Washington

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Whitman Mission National Historic Site

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Total Pages : 92 pages
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Where Wagons Could Go

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ISBN 13 : 9780803266063
Total Pages : 288 pages
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Book Synopsis Where Wagons Could Go by : Narcissa Prentiss Whitman

Download or read book Where Wagons Could Go written by Narcissa Prentiss Whitman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, went to Oregon as missionaries in 1836, accompanied by the Reverend Henry Spalding and his wife, Eliza. It was, as Narcissa wrote, “an unheard of journey for females.” Narcissa Whitman kept a diary during the long trip from New York and continued to write about her rigorous and amazing life at the Protestant mission near present-day Walla Walla, Washington. Her words convey her complex humanity and devotion to the Christian conversion and welfare of the Indians. Clifford Drury sketches in the circumstances that, for the Whitmans, resulted in tragedy. Eliza Spalding, equally devout and also artistic, relates her experiences in a pioneering venture. Drury also includes the diary of Mary Augusta Dix Gray and a biographical sketch of Sarah Gilbert White Smith, later arrivals at the Whitman mission.

The National Parks

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Total Pages : 132 pages
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453274146
Total Pages : 680 pages
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The Letters of Narcissa Whitman

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Total Pages : 280 pages
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Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Total Pages : 1832 pages
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Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Federal Register

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Pig War National Historical Park

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Total Pages : 254 pages
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Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Total Pages : 1352 pages
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Across the Plains In 1844

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ISBN 13 : 9781409979128
Total Pages : 48 pages
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Soldier and Brave

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Total Pages : 506 pages
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Walking Washington's History

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ISBN 13 : 0295806672
Total Pages : 301 pages
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Great Places: Washington

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Publisher : Wilderness Adventures Press
ISBN 13 : 9781932098693
Total Pages : 516 pages
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Download or read book Great Places: Washington written by John Kruse and published by Wilderness Adventures Press. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A recreational guide to Washington's public lands and historic places for birding, hiking, photography, fishing, hunting, and camping.