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The autobiography of Daniel Parker, frontier universalist /

"In this remarkable memoir, Daniel Parker (1781-1861) recorded both the details of everyday life and the extraordinary historical events he witnessed west of the Appalachian Mountains between 1790 and 1840. Once a traveling salesman for a line of newly invented clothes washing machines, he beca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parker, Daniel, 1781-1861 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Torbett, David (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Editor's Introduction
  • Note on Text
  • The Autobiography of Daniel Parker, Frontier Universalist
  • 1 "On Our Arrival West of the Mountains"
  • 2 "This Cross-Bearing Company"
  • 3 "It Might Be a Benefit to Travel"
  • 4 "A Kind of Agreeable Dread"
  • 5 "The Whole Race of Adam Would Be Restored"
  • 6 "My Best Earthly Friend"
  • 7 "A Great and Growing Evil"
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • index