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The pioneers : the heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal west / David McCullough.

Summary:

Best-selling author David McCullough tells the story of the settlers who began America's migration west, overcoming almost-unimaginable hardships to build in the Ohio wilderness a town and a government that incorporated America's highest ideals.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1501168681
  • ISBN: 9781982131661
  • ISBN: 9781501168680
  • ISBN: 9781501168703
  • Physical Description: 331 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I: 1787-1794. The Ohio country -- Forth to the wilderness -- Difficult times -- Havoc -- Part II: 1795-1814. A new era commences -- The Burr conspiracy -- Adversities aplenty -- Part III: 1815-1863. The cause of learning -- The travelers -- Journey's end.
Subject:
Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823.
Cutler, Ephraim, 1767-1853.
Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824.
Barker, Joseph, 1765-1843.
Hildreth, Samuel P. (Samuel Prescott),D1783-1863.
United States. Ordinance of 1787.
Pioneers > Ohio River Valley > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Ohio River Valley.
Ohio River Valley > History > To 1795.
Ohio River Valley > History.
Marietta (Ohio) > History.
Genre:
Biographies.

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