The Wild Frontier
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Author |
: Davy Crockett |
Publisher |
: Courier Corporation |
Total Pages |
: 130 |
Release |
: 2010-06-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780486476919 |
ISBN-13 |
: 048647691X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis King of the Wild Frontier by : Davy Crockett
This easy-reading autobiography of bear hunting and Indian fighting — written in 1834, two years before Crockett met his fate at the Alamo — popularized tall tales of the frontier.
Author |
: William M. Osborn |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 358 |
Release |
: 2009-11-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307561176 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307561178 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wild Frontier by : William M. Osborn
The real story of the ordeal experienced by both settlers and Indians during the Europeans' great migration west across America, from the colonies to California, has been almost completely eliminated from the histories we now read. In truth, it was a horrifying and appalling experience. Nothing like it had ever happened anywhere else in the world. In The Wild Frontier, William M. Osborn discusses the changing settler attitude toward the Indians over several centuries, as well as Indian and settler characteristics—the Indian love of warfare, for instance (more than 400 inter-tribal wars were fought even after the threatening settlers arrived), and the settlers' irresistible desire for the land occupied by the Indians. The atrocities described in The Wild Frontier led to the death of more than 9,000 settlers and 7,000 Indians. Most of these events were not only horrible but bizarre. Notoriously, the British use of Indians to terrorize the settlers during the American Revolution left bitter feelings, which in turn contributed to atrocious conduct on the part of the settlers. Osborn also discusses other controversial subjects, such as the treaties with the Indians, matters relating to the occupation of land, the major part disease played in the war, and the statements by both settlers and Indians each arguing for the extermination of the other. He details the disgraceful American government policy toward the Indians, which continues even today, and speculates about the uncertain future of the Indians themselves. Thousands of eyewitness accounts are the raw material of The Wild Frontier, in which we learn that many Indians tortured and killed prisoners, and some even engaged in cannibalism; and that though numerous settlers came to the New World for religious reasons, or to escape English oppression, many others were convicted of crimes and came to avoid being hanged. The Wild Frontier tells a story that helps us understand our history, and how as the settlers moved west, they often brutally expelled the Indians by force while themselves suffering torture and kidnapping.
Author |
: Ralph Moody |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 155 |
Release |
: 2021-12-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781496208248 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1496208242 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier by : Ralph Moody
In 1826 an undersized sixteen-year-old apprentice ran away from a saddle maker in Franklin, Missouri, to join one of the first wagon trains crossing the prairie on the Santa Fe Trail. Kit Carson (1809-68) wanted to be a mountain man, and he spent his next sixteen years learning the paths of the West, the ways of its Native inhabitants, and the habits of the beaver, becoming the most successful and respected fur trapper of his time. From 1842 to 1848 he guided John C. Frémont's mapping expeditions through the Rockies and was instrumental in the U.S. military conquest of California during the Mexican War. In 1853 he was appointed Indian agent at Taos, and later he helped negotiate treaties with the Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Arapahos, Cheyennes, and Utes that finally brought peace to the southwestern frontier. Ralph Moody's biography of Kit Carson, appropriate for readers young and old, is a testament to the judgment and loyalty of the man who had perhaps more influence than any other on the history and development of the American West.
Author |
: Pierre Berton |
Publisher |
: Anchor Canada |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2012-06-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780385673570 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0385673574 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wild Frontier by : Pierre Berton
Canada’s wild frontier—a land unsettled and unknown, a land of appalling obstacles and haunting beauty—comes to life through seven remarkable individuals, including John Jewitt, the young British seaman who became a slave to the Nootka Indians; Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, the eccentric missionary; Sam Steele, the most famous of all Mounted Policemen; and Isaac Jorges, the 17th-century priest who courted martyrdom. Many of the stories of these figures read like the wildest of fiction: Cariboo Cameron, who, after striking it rich in B.C., pickled his wife’s body in alcohol and gave her three funerals; Mina Hubbard, the young widow who trekked across the unexplored heart of Labrador as an act of revenge; and Almighty Voice, the renegade Cree, who was the key figure in the last battle between white men and Aboriginals in North America. Spanning more than two centuries and four thousand miles, this book demonstrates how our frontier resembles no other and how for better and for worse it has shaped our distinctive sense of Canada.
Author |
: Jennifer Armstrong |
Publisher |
: Harry N. Abrams |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2003-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0810942380 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780810942387 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Audubon by : Jennifer Armstrong
Briefly tells the story of this nineteenth-century painter and naturalist who is most famous for his detailed paintings of birds.
Author |
: Dave Jackson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 146 |
Release |
: 2016-08-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1939445175 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781939445179 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Abandoned on the Wild Frontier by : Dave Jackson
His friendship with Peter Cartwright, a Methodist circuit-rider evangelist, enables thirteen-year-old Gil to pursue his dream of locating his mother who was kidnapped by the Sauk Indians during the War of 1812.
Author |
: Terry Lee Anderson |
Publisher |
: Stanford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0804748543 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780804748544 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Not So Wild, Wild West by : Terry Lee Anderson
Cooperation, not conflict, is emphasized in a study that casts America's frontier history as a place in which local people helped develop the legal framework that tamed the West.
Author |
: Chris Enss |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 145 |
Release |
: 2005-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781461748410 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1461748410 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis How the West Was Worn by : Chris Enss
Fashion that was in vogue in the East was highly desirable to pioneers during the frontier period of the American West. It was also extraordinarily difficult to obtain, often impractical, and sometimes the clothing was just not durable enough for the men and women who were forging new homes for themselves in the West. Full hoopskirts were of little use in a soddy on the prairie, and chaps and spurs were a vital part of the cowboy's equipment. In this book, author Chris Enss examines the fashion that shaped the frontier through short essays; brief clips from letters, magazines, and other period sources; and period illustrations demonstrating the sometimes bizarre, often beautiful, and frequently highly inventive ways of dressing oneself in the Old West.
Author |
: Pierre Berton |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 340 |
Release |
: 1991 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0140139540 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780140139549 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wild Frontier by : Pierre Berton
Author |
: Jolie Anderson Gallagher |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 165 |
Release |
: 2011-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781625842015 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1625842015 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Wild West History of Frontier Colorado by : Jolie Anderson Gallagher
Jolie Anderson's collection of wild west tales focuses on the early frontier history of Colorado's plains and includes a look at some of the state's early pioneers like the "59ers" who promoted the state through travel guides and newspapers, exaggerating tales of gold discovery and even providing inaccurate maps to promote settlement in the plains; the perils of living and traveling the major gold routes the town of Julesburg relocated four times in a decade; feuds; Indian fights; outlaws, and even early rodeo history. These stories and events shaped the Colorado territory and are a rich glimpse into the early history of the state.