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The Sangamo frontier : history and archaeology in the shadow of Lincoln /
When Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois? Sangamo Country in 1831, he found a pioneer community transforming from a cluster of log houses along an ancient trail to a community of new towns and state roads. But two of the towns vanished in a matter of years, and many of the activities and lifestyles th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois? Sangamo Country in 1831, he found a pioneer community transforming from a cluster of log houses along an ancient trail to a community of new towns and state roads. But two of the towns vanished in a matter of years, and many of the activities and lifestyles that shaped them were almost entirely forgotten. In The Sangamo Frontier, archaeologist Robert Mazrim unearths the buried history of this early American community, breathing new life into a region that still rests in Lincoln?s shadow. Named after a shallow river that cuts through the prairies of centr. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 352 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-346) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226514239 0226514234 1281965936 9781281965936 9786611965938 6611965939 |