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Author:

McCullough, David G., author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Thorndike Press Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

571 pages (large print), 32 unnumbered leaves divided into two sections of 21 and 25 plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Cutler, Manasseh,--1742-1823.
Cutler, Ephraim,--1767-1853.
Putnam, Rufus,--1738-1824.
Barker, Joseph,--1765-1843.
Hildreth, Samuel P.--(Samuel Prescott),--1783-1863.
United States.--Ordinance of 1787.
Ohio River Valley--History--To 1795.
Ohio River Valley--History.
Pioneers--Ohio River Valley--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--Ohio River Valley.
Marietta (Ohio)--History.
Large type books.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800).
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI).
Large type books.
Pioneers.
Ohio River Valley.
To 1795
Biography.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

1787-1794. The Ohio country ; Forth to the wilderness ; Difficult times ; Havoc -- 1795-1814. A new era commences ; The Burr conspiracy ; Adversities aplenty -- 1815-1863. The cause of education ; The travelers ; Journey's end.

Summary:

In the Treaty of Paris, Great Britain recognized the new United States of America. They also ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough uses five historical personages to tell the uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments.

Series:

Thorndike press large print nonfiction

ISBN:

1432865099
9781432865092

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1097396321

LCCN:

2019014730

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