Author: Colin M. Turnbull
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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“The” Mountain People
Author: Colin M. Turnbull
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American Mountain People
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Pages : 206
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The Ramapo Mountain People
Author: David Steven Cohen
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813511955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
David Cohen lived among the Ramapo Mountain People for a year, conducting genealogical research into church records, deeds, wills, and inventories in county courthouses and libraries. He established that their ancestors included free black landowners in New York City and mulattoes with some Dutch ancestry who were among the first pioneers to settle in the Hackensack River Valley of New Jersey.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813511955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
David Cohen lived among the Ramapo Mountain People for a year, conducting genealogical research into church records, deeds, wills, and inventories in county courthouses and libraries. He established that their ancestors included free black landowners in New York City and mulattoes with some Dutch ancestry who were among the first pioneers to settle in the Hackensack River Valley of New Jersey.
Utes
Author: Jan Pettit
Publisher: Johnson Books
ISBN: 9781555664497
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book presents the rich panorama of Ute history, from the archaeological features of prehistoric Ute cultures to elements of present-day Ute culture.
Publisher: Johnson Books
ISBN: 9781555664497
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book presents the rich panorama of Ute history, from the archaeological features of prehistoric Ute cultures to elements of present-day Ute culture.
Mountain People in a Flat Land
Author: Carl E. Feather
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821412299
Category : Appalachian Region, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
In the early 1940s, $10 bought a bus ticket from Appalachia to a better job and promise of prosperity in the flatlands of northeast Ohio. A mountaineer with a strong back and will to work could find a job within twenty-four hours of arrival. But the cost of a bus ticket was more than a week's wages in a lumber camp, and the mountaineer paid dearly in loss of kin, culture, homeplace, and freedom. Numerous scholarly works have addressed this migration that brought more than one million mountaineers to Ohio alone. But Mountain People in a Flat Land is the first popular history of Appalachian migration to one community -- Ashtabula County, an industrial center in the fabled "best location in the nation." These migrants share their stories of life in Appalachia before coming north. There are tales of making moonshine, colorful family members, home remedies harvested from the wild, and life in coal company towns and lumber camps. The mountaineers explain why, despite the beauty of the mountains and the deep kinship roots, they had to leave Appalachia. Stories of their hardships, cultural clashes, assimilation, and ultimate successes in the flatland provide a moving look at an often stereotyped people.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821412299
Category : Appalachian Region, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
In the early 1940s, $10 bought a bus ticket from Appalachia to a better job and promise of prosperity in the flatlands of northeast Ohio. A mountaineer with a strong back and will to work could find a job within twenty-four hours of arrival. But the cost of a bus ticket was more than a week's wages in a lumber camp, and the mountaineer paid dearly in loss of kin, culture, homeplace, and freedom. Numerous scholarly works have addressed this migration that brought more than one million mountaineers to Ohio alone. But Mountain People in a Flat Land is the first popular history of Appalachian migration to one community -- Ashtabula County, an industrial center in the fabled "best location in the nation." These migrants share their stories of life in Appalachia before coming north. There are tales of making moonshine, colorful family members, home remedies harvested from the wild, and life in coal company towns and lumber camps. The mountaineers explain why, despite the beauty of the mountains and the deep kinship roots, they had to leave Appalachia. Stories of their hardships, cultural clashes, assimilation, and ultimate successes in the flatland provide a moving look at an often stereotyped people.
Mountain People, Mountain Crafts
Author: Elinor Lander Horwitz
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Gives a brief history of the folk culture and crafts in the Appalachian region and discusses their present-day revival by introducing contemporary craftsmen and their work.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Gives a brief history of the folk culture and crafts in the Appalachian region and discusses their present-day revival by introducing contemporary craftsmen and their work.
Mountain People
Author: Colin Turnbull
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671640984
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In The Mountain People, Colin M. Turnbull describes the dehumanization of the Ik, African tribesmen who in less than three generations have deteriorated from being once-prosperous hunters to scattered bands of hostile, starving people whose only goal is individual survival. Sad, disturbing, and eloquently written, The Mountain People is a moving meditation on human nature, our capacity for goodness, and the fragility of human society.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671640984
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In The Mountain People, Colin M. Turnbull describes the dehumanization of the Ik, African tribesmen who in less than three generations have deteriorated from being once-prosperous hunters to scattered bands of hostile, starving people whose only goal is individual survival. Sad, disturbing, and eloquently written, The Mountain People is a moving meditation on human nature, our capacity for goodness, and the fragility of human society.
The Mountain Men
Author: George Laycock
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493083651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
To know how the West was really won, start with the exploits of these unsung mountain men who, like the legendary Jeremiah Johnson, were real buckskin survivalists. Preceded only by Lewis and Clark, beaver fur trappers roamed the river valleys and mountain ranges of the West, living on fish and game, fighting or trading with the Native Americans, and forever heading toward the untamed wilderness. In this story of rough, heroic men and their worlds, Laycock weaves historical facts and practical instruction with profiles of individual trappers, including harrowing escapes, feats of supreme courage and endurance, and sometimes violent encounters with grizzly bears and Native Americans.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493083651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
To know how the West was really won, start with the exploits of these unsung mountain men who, like the legendary Jeremiah Johnson, were real buckskin survivalists. Preceded only by Lewis and Clark, beaver fur trappers roamed the river valleys and mountain ranges of the West, living on fish and game, fighting or trading with the Native Americans, and forever heading toward the untamed wilderness. In this story of rough, heroic men and their worlds, Laycock weaves historical facts and practical instruction with profiles of individual trappers, including harrowing escapes, feats of supreme courage and endurance, and sometimes violent encounters with grizzly bears and Native Americans.
At the Edge of History and Passages about Earth
Author: William Irwin Thompson
Publisher: SteinerBooks
ISBN: 9780940262324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Seminal works of cultural history that changed the way we think about ourselves.
Publisher: SteinerBooks
ISBN: 9780940262324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Seminal works of cultural history that changed the way we think about ourselves.
My Side of the Mountain
Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593115007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593115007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book