Author: Henry C. EthellPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267816552
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Excerpt from The Rise and Progress of Civilization in the Hairy Nation This is a book, and nothing else. There no advertisements in 1t. It has not been con structed or modified to please or displease any body. I think the title fairly describes the book: that it is what it professes to be - a picture of civ iliz'ation, in its rise and in the various stages of the short period of its progress, in Davis county, Iowa, otherwise the Hairy Nation. The plan of reviewing each top1c, from the beginning to the present, separately, seemed to me the best, as affording the best hope of holding the interest of the reader to the end. The history of the settlement of the United States may be divided into three periods, as dis tinct in manner as in time. The first covers the settlement of the Atlantic coast and a fringe west of the Alleghanies. During this period the white race was forcing an entrance into thewilderness, by rude, unaided strength; the greater part of the continent lying before, an un known and dreaded, country. The second pe riod covers the settlement of the country from the Ohio to the Missouri; when the White inhab itants of the United States were secure in their mastery of the continent, and were steadily pushing the Indians and the wolves before them, lmile by mile and the railroads and other new and powerful agents of civilization were closely following, and supporting their march. The third period, the one now in progress, covers the settlement of the, Open country west of the Mis souri; where the railroads have gone in front, and wherea great proportion of the settlers have gone at one leap from the heart of Amer ican civilization, carrying with them most of its aids and. Comforts and some of even its luxuries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
