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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"pioneer life"”.
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Certain aspects of pioneer life as presented in the modern novel
<p>The term pioneer simply means one who pushes ahead to remove obstacles and to prepare the way for others who are to follow. Nevertheless, when we speak of the pioneers in American history, we are really speaking of three different types of men who have only a little in common.</p> <p>All …
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The Use of Local Photographic Material in the Development of Social Studies Units for the Intermediate Grades
… cultures, such as the study of American Indian life; of information and data concerning pioneer life, and to foster and appreciation of what the generation before has done to make life in North Central Washington what it is today.
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Father Anastasius Czech and the Poles of Nebraska
… of heroic courage to brave the hardships of pioneer life, joined with mutual co-operation and charity, have transformed a wilderness, a sandy waste, into flourishing farms and a progressive community of happy homes; how they have contributed their mite to the welfare of their adopted country, …
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An investigation of significant form: through an application of the "script analogue" to Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books
… Wilder's "Little House" books, which depict pioneer life on the prairies of the mid-west during the late nineteenth century. Through application of the "script analogue" the primary metaphoric themes that linguistically connect people, place, architecture and action are pulled from the text, …
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The Longhorns' Contributions to Texas History
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Childhood on the Southern Plains Frontier, 1870-1910.
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Dying to live forever Sophia Harris journal 1860 to 1861
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Mountain Man : Fact and Fiction
… and fictional accounts of the mountain man, a pioneer to the Rockies in the early and mid-nineteenth century. Certain components are examined and weighed against each other in an attempt to ascertain the authentic image of the mountain man. Procedure. Initially the historical mountain man is …
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The Postapocalyptic American Frontier: Uncanny Historicism in the Nineteenth Century
This dissertation reveals a hitherto unrecognized thread of speculative postapocalyptic fantasies underlying nineteenth-century accounts of the American frontier. Many critics have exposed the latent imperialism behind popular myths of primeval wilderness and virgin land; bringing together …