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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. 4504. 900 Miles from Nowhere Voices from the Homestead Frontier, by Steven R. Kinsella (read 3 Nov 2008) This is a compilation of letters written in the late 19th century and early 20th century by homesteaders on the Great Plains, many from the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, and Montana. They had often a fearful time, and many are poignant. There is not much organization in the way the letters are presented, the times and areas being mixed up with not much evidence of careful planning. I thought the book could have been better organized. Pictures add to the value of the book, however--none of the pictures seem to portray much happiness, though that may be the photographers' fault. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
It was on the vast American prairie that people from around the world seized the opportunity for personal and economic freedom promised by free land. Traveling across oceans and continents, these hard-nosed, pragmatic people began arriving in the 1860s with shovels and plows, convinced they were part of something important. They were. Putting hand to plow and breaking the sod for their first crude homes, these hardy settlers left an indelible thumbprint on American history and on the country's character. Though many of their ventures ended in failure, their risks permanently enhanced the nation's diversity and its sense of independence and resourcefulness. 900 Miles from Nowhere is the heartfelt chronicle of the daily lives and personal struggles of Great Plains homesteaders, told in their own voices through many never-before-published letters, diaries, and photographs. Believing absolutely that they could control their own destiny, they bet everything they owned, even in the face of insurmountable obstacles. This is the remarkable and ever-inspiring story of life on the grasslands that stretch from Canada to Mexico. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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