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100 1 $aMcCullough, David G.,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe pioneers :$bthe heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal West /$cDavid McCullough.
250 $aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2019.
264 4 $c©2019
300 $a331 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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520 $a"Best-selling author David McCullough tells the story of the settlers who began America's migration west, overcoming almost-unimaginable hardships to build in the Ohio wilderness a town and a government that incorporated America's highest ideals. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler's son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent figure in American science. They and their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping with such frontier realities as trees of a size never imagined, floods, fires, wolves, bears, even an earthquake, all the while negotiating a contentious and sometimes hostile relationship with the native people. Like so many of McCullough's subjects, they let no obstacle deter or defeat them. Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. This is a revelatory and quintessentially American story, written with David McCullough's signature narrative energy. "--Dust jacket.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index.
505 0 $aPart I: 1787-1794. The Ohio country ; Forth to the wilderness ; Difficult times ; Havoc -- Part II: 1795-1814. A new era commences ; The Burr conspiracy ; Adversities aplenty -- Part III: 1815-1863. The cause of learning ; The travelers ; Journey's end.
520 $aIn the Treaty of Paris, Great Britain recognized the new United States of America. They also ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough uses five historical personages to tell the uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. -- adapted from jacket
651 0 $aOhio River Valley$xHistory$yTo 1795.
650 0 $aPioneers$zOhio River Valley$vBiography.
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651 7 $aOhio River Valley.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01243054
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 19th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800).$2bisacsh
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655 7 $aBiography.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423686
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