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Author:
MacDonald, David, 1943- author.
Title:
Kaskaskia : the lost capital of Illinois / David MacDonald and Raine Waters.
Publisher:
Southern Illinois University Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xi, 209 pages : 23 cm.
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Religion.
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Psychology.
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865.
Death--History--United States--History--19th century.
Death--United States--History--History--19th century.
Death--Psychological aspects.
Death--Social aspects.
Political and social views.
Psychology.
Religion.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying.
1800-1899
History.
Kaskaskia (Ill.)--History.
Other Authors:
Waters, Raine, author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Good death -- The rules -- The ideas of death -- Elmer -- Willie -- Ghosts -- Battlefields -- Control -- Duty.
Summary:
"This book tells the history of Kaskaskia, Illinois, from its founding to its time as the territorial capital and then the first state capital, through its disasters--earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, and epidemics--and finally to its disappearance when the Mississippi River washed it away"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Shawnee books
ISBN:
0809337320
9780809337323
0809337312
9780809337316
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1038427590
LCCN:
2018041357
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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