Frontiers(Abridged) A Short History of the American West (The Lamar Series in Western History) by Professor JohnMackFaragher, Professor Robert V. Hine Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2008 by Yale University Press Abridged ISBN-13: 978-0-300-13620-3, ISBN: 0-300-13620-X
"A new edition of the authors' definitive history of the American West, updated and rewritten for a popular audience Published in 2000 to critical acclaim, The American West: A New Interpretive History quickly became the standard in college history courses. Now Robert V. Hine and John Mack Faragher offer a concise edition of their classic, freshly updated. Lauded for their lively and elegant writing, the authors provide a grand survey of ..."
"This classic book offers a lively and penetrating analysis of what the overland journey was really like for midwestern farm families in the mid-1800s. Through the subtle use of contemporary diaries, memoirs, and even folk songs, John Mack Faragher dispels the common stereotypes of male and female roles and reveals the dynamic of pioneer family relationships. This edition includes a new preface in which Faragher looks back on the social ..."
Daniel Boone(Reprint) The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer (An Owl Book) by Professor JohnMackFaragher Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 1993 by Holt Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-3007-5, ISBN: 0-8050-3007-7
"The legend of the American frontier is largely the legend of a single individual, Daniel Boone, who looms over our folklore like a giant. Boone figures in other traditions as well: Goethe held him up as the model of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "natural man," and Lord Byron devoted several stanzas of his epic poem Don Juan to the frontiersman, calling Boone "happiest of mortals any where." But folklore is not history, and we are fortu ..."
Sugar Creek(Updated) Life on the Illinois Prairie (The Lamar Series in Western History) by Professor JohnMackFaragher Paperback, 285 Pages, Published 1988 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-04263-4, ISBN: 0-300-04263-9
"The fascinating story of the birth and development of a rural American community from its origins at the turn of the nineteenth century to the years that followed the Civil War. Drawing on newspapers, account books, and reminiscences, the author of the prize-winning Women and Men on the Overland Trail vividly portrays the lives of the prairie’s inhabitantsIndians, pioneers, farming men and womenand adds a compelling new chapter to Ame ..."
"Paperback. Pub Date :2010-12-28 Pages: 608 Language: English Publisher: Pearson Out of Many is a coherent narrative of American history that offers insight into how diverse communities and different regions have shaped Americas past The reveals text the ethnic.. geographical and economic diversity of the United States by examining the individual. the community and the state and placing a special focus on the countrys regions. particular ..."
"Organized around the theme of American communities, Out of Many is a blend of social and political history that reveals the geographical, racial, and economic diversity of the United States, with a special focus on the country’s regions. Instead of looking at the country as a homogenous whole, the authors break down the country into more meaningful and manageable building blocks: the individual, the community, the state, and the re ..."
" Organized around the theme of American communities, Out of Many is a blend of social and political history that reveals the geographical, racial, and economic diversity of the United States, with a special focus on the country’s regions, especially the West. Instead of looking at the country as a homogenous whole, the authors break down the country into more meaningful and manageable building blocks: the individual, the community ..."
" Offers students insight into how diverse communities and different regions have shaped America's past. For the two-semester U.S. history survey course. Out of Many, brief edition, reveals the ethnic, geographical and economic diversity of the United States by examining the individual, the community and the state and placing a special focus on the country's regions, particularly the West. Each chapter helps students understand the ..."
"Two eminent historians, Robert V. Hine and John Mack Faragher, present the American West as both frontier and region, real and imagined, old and new, and they show how men and women of all ethnic groups were affected when different cultures met and clashed. Their concise and engaging survey of frontier history traces the story from the first Columbian contacts between Indians and Europeans to the multicultural encounters of the modern S ..."
" The Out of Many Teaching and Learning Classroom Edition brings together a wide array of assets to provide a completely integrated multimedia learning experience. This path breaking text weaves together the complex interaction of social, political, and historical forces that have shaped the United States and from which the American people have evolved by telling stories of people and of the nation and emphasizing that American history h ..."
" The Out of Many Teaching and Learning Classroom Edition brings together a wide array of assets to provide a completely integrated multimedia learning experience. This path breaking text weaves together the complex interaction of social, political, and historical forces that have shaped the United States and from which the American people have evolved by telling stories of people and of the nation and emphasizing that American history h ..."
"This major revision of a path-breaking text weaves together the complex interaction of social, political, and historical forces that have shaped the United States by emphasizing that American history has never been the preserve of any particular region or of any specific group of people. Diversity is a central theme. The text's trademark "continental" approach has been refined to incorporate a greater hemispheric perspective, while a ne ..."
Daniel Boone(1st Edition) The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer by JohnMackFaragher, JohnMack, Daniel About Hardcover, 429 Pages, Published 1992 by Henry Holt & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-1603-1, ISBN: 0-8050-1603-1
"The legend of the American frontier is largely the legend of a single individual, Daniel Boone, who looms over our folklore like a giant. Boone figures in other traditions as well: Goethe held him up as the model of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "natural man," and Lord Byron devoted several stanzas of his epic poem Don Juan to the frontiersman, calling Boone "happiest of mortals any where." But folklore is not history, and we are fortunate to ..."
Eternity Street(1st Edition) Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles by Professor JohnMackFaragher Paperback, 624 Pages, Published 2017 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-35365-5, ISBN: 0-393-35365-6
"“[A] fascinating account of the twisted threads of murder, ethnic violence and mob justice in 19th century Southern California.”―Jill Leovy, Los Angeles TimesEternity Street tells the story of a violent place in a violent time: the rise of Los Angeles from its origins as a small Mexican pueblo. In a masterful narrative, John Mack Faragher relates a dramatic history of conquest and ethnic suppression, of collective disorder and interpers ..."
"NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyHistoryLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase "both" the physical text and MyHistoryLab, search for ISBN-10: 0134126874 / ISBN-13: 9780134126876. That package includes ISBN-10: 0205962068 / ISBN-13: 9780205962068 and ISBN-10: 0205967779 / ISBN-13: 9780205967773. MyHistoryLab should only be purchased when required by an instructor. "For courses in U.S. ..."
" Offers students insight into how diverse communities and different regions have shaped America's past. For the two-semester U.S. history survey course. Out of Many, brief edition, reveals the ethnic, geographical and economic diversity of the United States by examining the individual, the community and the state and placing a special focus on the country's regions, particularly the West. Each chapter helps students underst ..."
"“The best assembly of Turner’s essays now available. Faragher’s introductory and concluding commentaries add considerably to the import of the book.”―Stephen Aron, University of California, Los Angeles “Still ranks as the most influential piece of writing on American history.”―Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer, A Notable Book of 1994 “Faragher’s invaluable afterword . . . provides a judicious introduction to the issues that divide th ..."
The American West(2nd Edition) A New Interpretive History, Second Edition (The Lamar Series in Western History) by Robert V. Hine, Jon T. Coleman, JohnMackFaragher Paperback, 520 Pages, Published 2017 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-18517-1, ISBN: 0-300-18517-0
"A fully revised and updated new edition of the classic history of western America The newly revised second edition of this concise, engaging, and unorthodox history of America’s West has been updated to incorporate new research, including recent scholarship on Native American lives and cultures. An ideal text for course work, it presents the West as both frontier and region, examining the clashing of different cultures and ethnic groups ..."
Sugar Creek Life on the Illinois Prairie by JohnMackFaragher 285 Pages, Published 2017 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-22967-7, ISBN: 0-300-22967-4
"Life on the Illinois Prairie John Mack Faragher. 18. The Journals of Washington
Irving, ed. William P. Trent and George S. ... Flint, Recollections, 250; Casteen to
Peters, November 23, 1833. 10. William Cooper Howells, Recollections of Life in
Ohio, from 1813 to 1840 (Cincinnati: Robert Clarke Co., 1895), 157; Elias Pym
Fordham, Personal Narrative of Travels in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky; and of a Residence in ..."