Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwestern States
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
The Great West
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwestern States
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwestern States
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
Author: William Cronon
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393072452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "No one has written a better book about a city…Nature's Metropolis is elegant testimony to the proposition that economic, urban, environmental, and business history can be as graceful, powerful, and fascinating as a novel." —Kenneth T. Jackson, Boston Globe
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393072452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "No one has written a better book about a city…Nature's Metropolis is elegant testimony to the proposition that economic, urban, environmental, and business history can be as graceful, powerful, and fascinating as a novel." —Kenneth T. Jackson, Boston Globe
Yellowstone and the Great West
Author: Marlene Deahl Merrill
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803282896
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Here, for the first time in paperback, is a fascinating daily record of Ferdinand Hayden?s historic 1871 scientific expedition through Utah, Idaho, and Montana Territories to the Yellowstone Basin. The expedition?s findings quickly led Congress to establish Yellowstone as the world?s first national park. In addition to its scientific discoveries, the expedition is famous for producing the earliest on-site images of Yellowstone, by its photographer, William Henry Jackson, and its guest artist, Thomas Moran. ø Marlene Deahl Merrill has woven together a compelling daily narrative from the field writings of three expedition members: unpublished journals kept by mineralogist Albert Peale and geologist George Allen, periodic reports by Peale to his hometown newspaper, and letters from Hayden to his friend and mentor Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian Institution. Enriching this narrative are Jackson?s photographs of camp scenes and landscapes; rare panoramic drawings by the party?s topographical artist, Henry Elliott; maps; an introduction; and extensive annotations.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803282896
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Here, for the first time in paperback, is a fascinating daily record of Ferdinand Hayden?s historic 1871 scientific expedition through Utah, Idaho, and Montana Territories to the Yellowstone Basin. The expedition?s findings quickly led Congress to establish Yellowstone as the world?s first national park. In addition to its scientific discoveries, the expedition is famous for producing the earliest on-site images of Yellowstone, by its photographer, William Henry Jackson, and its guest artist, Thomas Moran. ø Marlene Deahl Merrill has woven together a compelling daily narrative from the field writings of three expedition members: unpublished journals kept by mineralogist Albert Peale and geologist George Allen, periodic reports by Peale to his hometown newspaper, and letters from Hayden to his friend and mentor Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian Institution. Enriching this narrative are Jackson?s photographs of camp scenes and landscapes; rare panoramic drawings by the party?s topographical artist, Henry Elliott; maps; an introduction; and extensive annotations.
Across America; Or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast
Author: James Fowler Rusling
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Across America; Or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast is a military memoir by James Rusling. Rusling examined the conditions of our various depots and posts West with a view to reducing costs during the US Civil War.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Across America; Or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast is a military memoir by James Rusling. Rusling examined the conditions of our various depots and posts West with a view to reducing costs during the US Civil War.
The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West
Author: Laura Lee Hope
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
When the two girls reached the place where they had left the two boys, Bert was beginning to make a snow house and Freddie was rolling a snowball as the start of a snow man. You know how they are made; a small snowball for the man's head, and a larger one for his body, with legs underneath. Freddie hoped Bert would help him when it came to the big snowball part of it.
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
When the two girls reached the place where they had left the two boys, Bert was beginning to make a snow house and Freddie was rolling a snowball as the start of a snow man. You know how they are made; a small snowball for the man's head, and a larger one for his body, with legs underneath. Freddie hoped Bert would help him when it came to the big snowball part of it.
The Great West
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781019518120
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover the wonders of the American West with this stunningly illustrated book. From the majestic Rocky Mountains to the vast plains and deserts, this book captures the spirit and grandeur of this iconic region. Whether you're a nature lover or an armchair traveler, you'll be inspired by the beauty and diversity of the Great West. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781019518120
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover the wonders of the American West with this stunningly illustrated book. From the majestic Rocky Mountains to the vast plains and deserts, this book captures the spirit and grandeur of this iconic region. Whether you're a nature lover or an armchair traveler, you'll be inspired by the beauty and diversity of the Great West. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Discovery of the Great West
Author: Francis Parkman
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Great Lakes Region (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Concerns Robert La Salle's explorations in North America.
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Great Lakes Region (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Concerns Robert La Salle's explorations in North America.
La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West
Author: Francis Parkman
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Historical Collections of the Great West
Author: Henry Howe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mississippi River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mississippi River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Americanism:The Fourth Great Western Religion
Author: David Gelernter
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 0385522959
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
What does it mean to “believe” in America? Why do we always speak of our country as having a mission or purpose that is higher than other nations? Modern liberals have invested a great deal in the notion that America was founded as a secular state, with religion relegated to the private sphere. David Gelernter argues that America is not secular at all, but a powerful religious idea—indeed, a religion in its own right. Gelernter argues that what we have come to call “Americanism” is in fact a secular version of Zionism. Not the Zionism of the ancient Hebrews, but that of the Puritan founders who saw themselves as the new children of Israel, creating a new Jerusalem in a new world. Their faith-based ideals of liberty, equality, and democratic governance had a greater influence on the nation’s founders than the Enlightenment. Gelernter traces the development of the American religion from its roots in the Puritan Zionism of seventeenth-century New England to the idealistic fighting faith it has become, a militant creed dedicated to spreading freedom around the world. The central figures in this process were Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, who presided over the secularization of the American Zionist idea into the form we now know as Americanism. If America is a religion, it is a religion without a god, and it is a global religion. People who believe in America live all over the world. Its adherents have included oppressed and freedom-loving peoples everywhere—from the patriots of the Greek and Hungarian revolutions to the martyred Chinese dissidents of Tiananmen Square. Gelernter also shows that anti-Americanism, particularly the virulent kind that is found today in Europe, is a reaction against this religious conception of America on the part of those who adhere to a rival religion of pacifism and appeasement. A startlingly original argument about the religious meaning of America and why it is loved—and hated—with so much passion at home and abroad.
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 0385522959
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
What does it mean to “believe” in America? Why do we always speak of our country as having a mission or purpose that is higher than other nations? Modern liberals have invested a great deal in the notion that America was founded as a secular state, with religion relegated to the private sphere. David Gelernter argues that America is not secular at all, but a powerful religious idea—indeed, a religion in its own right. Gelernter argues that what we have come to call “Americanism” is in fact a secular version of Zionism. Not the Zionism of the ancient Hebrews, but that of the Puritan founders who saw themselves as the new children of Israel, creating a new Jerusalem in a new world. Their faith-based ideals of liberty, equality, and democratic governance had a greater influence on the nation’s founders than the Enlightenment. Gelernter traces the development of the American religion from its roots in the Puritan Zionism of seventeenth-century New England to the idealistic fighting faith it has become, a militant creed dedicated to spreading freedom around the world. The central figures in this process were Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, who presided over the secularization of the American Zionist idea into the form we now know as Americanism. If America is a religion, it is a religion without a god, and it is a global religion. People who believe in America live all over the world. Its adherents have included oppressed and freedom-loving peoples everywhere—from the patriots of the Greek and Hungarian revolutions to the martyred Chinese dissidents of Tiananmen Square. Gelernter also shows that anti-Americanism, particularly the virulent kind that is found today in Europe, is a reaction against this religious conception of America on the part of those who adhere to a rival religion of pacifism and appeasement. A startlingly original argument about the religious meaning of America and why it is loved—and hated—with so much passion at home and abroad.