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Early Day In The North-West

Early Day In The North-West

H. Kinzie, John

Paperback

Canadian HistoryGeneral World HistoryRegional: Midwest

ISBN10: 9354505546
ISBN13: 9789354505546
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.69
Height: 1.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before the Midwest had city streets, it had portages, trading posts, and hard choices. Early Day In The North-West brings you into that unsettled borderland through the steady voice of John H. Kinzie. History, lived at close range. Part pioneer memoir and part frontier narrative nonfiction, it traces the textures of daily endurance and improvisation: travel, work, family, and the constant negotiation of belonging in a place still being named. Kinzie writes as a witness to american regional history at the hinge-point of early midwest settlement, when the old northwest territory was becoming the 19th century midwest. The result is a vivid record of pioneer life on frontier conditions and shifting native american relations, valuable for us history students and deeply useful to local history researchers who want period perspective without modern gloss. Read for atmosphere and incident; return for the human detail that statistics cannot carry. It stands as an unabridged frontier classic, and sits naturally in the tradition of the illustrated pioneer classic that collectors prize for its sense of place. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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