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A fascinating look at life during pioneer times in western Pennsylvania. Describes the hardship, danger and drudgery of day-to-day life on the frontier. Topics include cabin raising, crop harvests, tanning, weaving, disease, religion, and superstition. Also follows the progression from pioneer life...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wright, J. E. (John Ernest), 1894-
Otros Autores: Corbett, Doris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996.
Colección:Pitt paperback ; 41
Temas:
Frontier and pioneer life > Pennsylvania.
Vie des pionniers > Pennsylvanie.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
HISTORY > General.
Frontier and pioneer life
Pennsylvania
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. The Way of the Frontier; II. First Footprints; III. How the Settler Got His Land; IV. The Cabin in the Clearing; V. Linsey and Buckskin: Venison and Pone; VI. Truck Patch and Cornfield; VII. Butcher, Baker, Candlestick-Maker; VIII. Growing Upon the Frontier; IX. Jigging It Off; X. Indians in the Valley!
  • XI. Yarbs, Doctors, and Charms; XII. The Log Church; XIII. Frontier Justice; XIV. From Indian Trail to Turnpike; XV. Life in the Towns; XVI. The First Factories; XVII. The Road to the Past; Glossary.

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