The pioneers : the heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal west
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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2019.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Barker, Joseph, -- 1765-1843.
Cutler, Ephraim, -- 1767-1853.
Cutler, Manasseh, -- 1742-1823.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio River Valley.
Hildreth, Samuel P. -- (Samuel Prescott), -- 1783-1863.
Large type books.
Marietta (Ohio) -- History.
Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795.
Ohio River Valley -- History.
Pioneers -- Ohio River Valley -- Biography.
Putnam, Rufus, -- 1738-1824.
United States. -- Ordinance of 1787.
Cutler, Ephraim, -- 1767-1853.
Cutler, Manasseh, -- 1742-1823.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio River Valley.
Hildreth, Samuel P. -- (Samuel Prescott), -- 1783-1863.
Large type books.
Marietta (Ohio) -- History.
Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795.
Ohio River Valley -- History.
Pioneers -- Ohio River Valley -- Biography.
Putnam, Rufus, -- 1738-1824.
United States. -- Ordinance of 1787.
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2019.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
571 pages (large print), 32 unnumbered leaves divided into two sections of 21 and 25 plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Large print edition does not include index.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-568).
Description
As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain 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. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler's son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent figure in American science. They and their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping with such frontier realities as trees of a size never imagined, floods, fires, wolves, bears, even an earthquake, all the while negotiating a contentious and sometimes hostile relationship with the native people. Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McCullough, D. G. (2019). The pioneers: the heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal west . Thorndike Press Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCullough, David G. 2019. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West. Thorndike Press Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCullough, David G. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West Thorndike Press Large Print, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McCullough, David G. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West Thorndike Press Large Print, 2019.
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