Ill-fated frontier : peril and possibilities in the early American West / Samuel A. Forman.
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- ISBN: 9781493044610
- ISBN: 1493044613
- Physical Description: 1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2021]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Monsieur Piqué's watch, 1788 -- West of the Revolution -- Art of the deal -- Embarkation, 1789 -- The ladies of Lancaster -- Two ill-temperd fellows in the colony made in hell -- Running the Ohio River gauntlet, 1790 -- Fort Washington and Cincinnati -- Bachelor in Louisville -- Mississippi wide and wild -- Wabash cannon ball -- Establishing a new home in Natchez District, Spanish West Florida, Luisiana, 1790 -- High-stakes ball game, 1790 -- Sword and olive branch, 1791 to 1793 -- A year in Spanish West Florida, 1791 -- Thriving in Natchez, 1791 to 1794 -- Fallen Timbers, 1794 -- Master and reaper, 1795 -- Family feud -- Peripety, another planter's demise, 1797 -- Stars and stripes -- North and South. |
Summary, etc.: | "Ill-Fated Frontier is at once a pioneer adventure and a compelling narrative of the frictions that emerged among entrepreneurial pioneers and their sixty slaves, Indians fighting to preserve their land, and Spanish colonials with their own agenda. Here is a lively and visceral portrait of the wild and enduring American frontier in 1789. The melting pot America would become was barely simmering when an ill-fated attempt to settle land near Natchez in brought together a volatile mix of ambitious Northern pioneers and their slaves, Spanish colonists, and Native Americans who had claimed the land as theirs for hundreds of years. This illuminating episode in American history comes to life in this account of an expedition gone wrong. It began with an optimistic plan to settle and expand in the new territory. It ended ignominiously, with the body of one of the expedition's leaders returning to New Jersey stored in a pickle barrel. What happened in between-a cautionary tale of greed, incompetence, and hubris-lies at the center of this fascinating account by Harvard historian Samuel A. Forman. Endorsed by New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick, it is a startling and frank portrait of a young America that examines the dream of an inclusive American experience and its reality-a debate that continues today"-- Provided by publisher. |
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