Download or read book Sketches of Green Mountain Life written by Elizabeth Allen and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales dealing chiefly with life in Vermont.
Download or read book Life Sketches and Experience written by Abigail Mussey and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin of the State Board of Education Free Public Library Department written by Vermont. Free Public Library Dept and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin of the Vermont Free Public Library Commission written by Vermont. Free Public Library Commission and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Writing Out of Place written by Judith Fetterley and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In a series of sketches, regionalist writers such as Alice Cary, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Sarah Orne Jewett, Grace King, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Sui Sin Far, and Mary Austin critique the approach to regional subjects characteristic of local color and present narrators who serve as cultural interpreters for persons often considered "out of place" by urban readers. In their approach to these writers, Fetterley and Pryse offer contemporary readers an alternative vantage point from which to consider questions of regions and regionalism in the global economy of our own time."--Jacket.
Download or read book Catalogue of English Prose Fiction and Juvenile Books in the Chicago Public Library January 1889 written by Chicago Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teach Me Dreams written by Mechal Sobel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day in 1698, Robert Pyle of Pennsylvania decided to buy a black slave. The next night he dreamed of a steep ladder to heaven that he felt he could not climb because he carried a black pot. In the dream, a man told him the ladder was the light of Jesus Christ and would bear any whose faith held strong; otherwise, the climber would fall. Pyle woke that morning positive that he should eschew slaves and slavery, having equated the pot with the slave he wished to buy. In fact, so acutely did this dream awaken him to his sins that he became a dynamic advocate of liberation. This dream literally changed his outlook and his life. Teach Me Dreams delves into the dream world of ordinary Americans and finds that as their self-perception increased, transforming them on a personal level, so did a revolutionary spirit that wrought momentous political changes. Mechal Sobel considers dreams recorded in the life narratives of 100 people, revealing the America of the Revolutionary Era to have been a truly dream-infused culture in which analysis of dreams was encouraged, and subsequent personal reevaluation was striking. Sobel uses a wealth of information--letters, diaries, and over 200 published autobiographies from a wide range of "ordinary" people; black, white, male, female. In these accounts, many previously neglected by historians, dreamers explain how their nighttime adventures opened their eyes to aspects of themselves, or unveiled new paths they should take both personally and politically. Such paths often led them to challenge those in power. Charting the widely dreamed of opposition between blacks and whites, men and women, Sobel offers astounding new insights into how early Americans understood their lives. Her analysis of the dreams and lives of ordinary Revolutionary-Era people demonstrates links between dreaming, self reevaluation, and participation in the radically changing politics of the time. This book will appeal to specialists in the fields of American and African-American history, and anyone interested in dreams and self-development.
Download or read book Green Mountain Gem written by and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Temporary Finding Lists written by Chicago Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest written by Pavel Cenkl and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 30 million acres of the Northern Forest stretch across New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Within this broad area live roughly a million residents whose lives are intimately associated with the forest ecosystem and whose individual stories are closely linked to the region’s cultural and environmental history. The fourteen engaging essays in Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest effectively explore the relationships among place, work, and community in this complex landscape. Together they serve as a stimulating introduction to the interdisciplinary study of this unique region. Each of the four sections views through a different lens the interconnections between place and people. The essayists in “Encounters” have their hiking boots on as they focus on personal encounters with flora and fauna of the region. The energizing accounts in “Teaching and Learning” question our assumptions about education and scholarship by proposing invigorating collaborations between teachers and students in ways determined by the land itself, not by the abstractions of pedagogy. With the freshness of Thoreau’s irreverence, the authors in “Rethinking Place” look at key figures in the forest’s literary and cultural development to help us think about the affiliations between place and citizenship. In “Nature as Commodity,” three essayists consider the ways that writers from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries thought about nature as a product and, thus, how their conclusions bear on the contemporary retailing of place. The writers in Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest reveal the rich affinities between a specific place and the literature, thought, and other cultural expressions it has nurtured. Their insightful and stimulating connections exemplify adventurous bioregional thinking that encompasses both natural and cultural realities while staying rooted in the particular landscape of some of the Northeast’s wildest forests and oldest settlements.
Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of Rare American State and Town Histories written by American Art Association and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oregon Trail Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life written by Francis Parkman and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life by Francis Parkman takes readers on a captivating journey through the American frontier. Drawing from his own experiences, Parkman provides a vivid and immersive account of the arduous and perilous journey along the Oregon Trail in the mid-19th century. With detailed descriptions of the landscape, encounters with Native American tribes, and the challenges faced by pioneers, the book offers a compelling narrative of adventure, exploration, and the pursuit of a new life. Key Aspects of the Book The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life: Firsthand Account of the Frontier: Parkman's book offers a firsthand account of the American frontier during a significant period in history. Through his personal experiences and observations, he paints a vivid picture of the rugged landscapes, harsh conditions, and encounters with Native American tribes that pioneers faced along the Oregon Trail. His detailed sketches provide readers with an intimate glimpse into the realities of life on the frontier. Exploration and Adventure: The book captures the spirit of exploration and adventure that characterized the westward expansion of the United States. Parkman's narrative follows the journey of pioneers as they navigate treacherous terrains, ford rivers, and face the uncertainties of the wilderness. Readers are swept away by the excitement and challenges of the frontier, experiencing the thrill of discovery alongside the pioneers. Cultural and Historical Insights: In addition to the gripping adventure, Parkman's book offers valuable cultural and historical insights. He provides observations on the Native American tribes encountered along the trail, shedding light on their customs, traditions, and interactions with the pioneers. The book also offers a glimpse into the social and political dynamics of the time, showcasing the resilience and determination of those who ventured west in search of a better future. In Francis Parkman's captivating narrative, The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life, readers are transported to the American frontier during a pivotal era of westward expansion. Parkman's firsthand account, combined with his insightful cultural and historical observations, provides an immersive reading experience. This book stands as a testament to Parkman's dedication to documenting the realities of the frontier and his skill in bringing the spirit of adventure and exploration to life through his vivid prose.
Download or read book The Hazen Road Dispatch written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Believing History written by Richard Lyman Bushman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-13 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eminent historian Richard Bushman here reflects on his faith and the history of his religion. By describing his own struggle to find a basis for belief in a skeptical world, Bushman poses the question of how scholars are to write about subjects in which they are personally invested. Does personal commitment make objectivity impossible? Bushman explicitly, and at points confessionally, explains his own commitments and then explores Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon from the standpoint of belief. Joseph Smith cannot be dismissed as a colorful fraud, Bushman argues, nor seen only as a restorer of religious truth. Entangled in nineteenth-century Yankee culture—including the skeptical Enlightenment—Smith was nevertheless an original who cut his own path. And while there are multiple contexts from which to draw an understanding of Joseph Smith (including magic, seekers, the Second Great Awakening, communitarianism, restorationism, and more), Bushman suggests that Smith stood at the cusp of modernity and presented the possibility of belief in a time of growing skepticism. When examined carefully, the Book of Mormon is found to have intricate subplots and peculiar cultural twists. Bushman discusses the book's ambivalence toward republican government, explores the culture of the Lamanites (the enemies of the favored people), and traces the book's fascination with records, translation, and history. Yet Believing History also sheds light on the meaning of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon today. How do we situate Mormonism in American history? Is Mormonism relevant in the modern world? Believing History offers many surprises. Believers will learn that Joseph Smith is more than an icon, and non-believers will find that Mormonism cannot be summed up with a simple label. But wherever readers stand on Bushman's arguments, he provides us with a provocative and open look at a believing historian studying his own faith.
Download or read book Index to the Catalogue of a Portion of the Public Library of the City of Boston written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mothers and Daughters in Nineteenth Century America written by Nancy M. Theriot and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The feminine script of early nineteenth century centered on women's role as patient, long-suffering mothers. By mid-century, however, their daughters faced a world very different in social and economic options and in the physical experiences surrounding their bodies. In this groundbreaking study, Nancy Theriot turns to social and medical history, developmental psychology, and feminist theory to explain the fundamental shift in women's concepts of femininity and gender identity during the course of the century—from an ideal suffering womanhood to emphasis on female control of physical self. Theriot's first chapter proposes a methodological shift that expands the interdisciplinary horizons of women's history. She argues that social psychological theories, recent work in literary criticism, and new philosophical work on subjectivities can provide helpful lenses for viewing mothers and children and for connecting socioeconomic change and ideological change. She recommends that women's historians take bolder steps to historicize the female body by making use of the theoretical insights of feminist philosophers, literary critics, and anthropologists. Within this methodological perspective, Theriot reads medical texts and woman- authored advice literature and autobiographies. She relates the early nineteenth-century notion of "true womanhood" to the socioeconomic and somatic realities of middle-class women's lives, particularly to their experience of the new male obstetrics. The generation of women born early in the century, in a close mother/daughter world, taught their daughters the feminine script by word and action. Their daughters, however, the first generation to benefit greatly from professional medicine, had less reason than their mothers to associate womanhood with pain and suffering. The new concept of femininity they created incorporated maternal teaching but altered it to make meaningful their own very different experience. This provocative study applies interdisciplinary methodology to new and long-standing questions in women's history and invites women's historians to explore alternative explanatory frameworks.
Download or read book Bookman s Guide to Americana written by Joseph Norman Heard and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No descriptive material is available for this title.
