Lanterns Over the Prairies
Author: Erling Nicolai Rolfsrud
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Published: 1949
Total Pages: 170
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Erling Nicolai Rolfsrud
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Published: 1949
Total Pages: 170
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Blanca Tovias
Publisher: Apollo Books
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9781845195403
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Colonialism on the Prairies spans a century in the history of the Blackfoot First Nations of present-day Montana and Alberta. Now available in paperback, the book maps out specific ways in which Blackfoot culture persisted amid the drastic transformations of colonization, with its concomitant forced assimilation in both the United States and Canada. It portrays the strategies and tactics adopted by the Blackfoot in order to navigate political, cultural, and social change during the hard transition from traditional lifeways to life on the reserves and reservations. Cultural continuity is the thread that binds the book's four case studies, encompassing Blackfoot sacred beliefs and ritual, dress practices, the transmission of knowledge, and the relationship between oral stories and contemporary fiction. Blackfoot voices emerge forcefully from an extensive array of primary and secondary sources, resulting in an inclusive history wherein both Blackfoot and non-Blackfoot scholarship enter into dialogue. Colonialism on the Prairies combines historical research with literary criticism, a strategy that is justified by the interrelationship between Blackfoot history and the stories from their oral tradition. Chapters are devoted to examining cultural continuity, discussing the ways in which oral stories continue to inspire contemporary Native American fiction. This interdisciplinary study is a celebration of Blackfoot culture and knowledge that seeks to revaluate the past by documenting Blackfoot resistance and persistence across a wide spectrum of cultural practice. The book is essential reading for all scholars working in the fields of Native American studies, colonial and postcolonial history, ethnology, and literature. (Series: A Sussex Library of Study - First Nations and the Colonial Encounter)
Author: Steven L. Grafe
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 340
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lanterns on the Prairie explores the motivations of the players in McClintock's story and the historic context of his engagement with the Blackfeet. The photographs themselves provide an irreplaceable visual record of the Blackfeet during a pivotal period in their history.
Author: Richard Kaser
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Published: 2021-10-15
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 1662429517
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Folks of old will say, “Luck of the Irish.” William Donney would not agree, sailor turned husband then widower forced from his home. To old Western gambler accused of murder, finding a new family among the new world’s rail construction crews. Whereas far away as the open West, past pirates will hunt him for twin rare stones. Luck. “Nay, say I, for a man makes his own luck and moves on.” William Donney’s story will go on long after him, the folks he meets, the love he’s shared, Indian that watches over him, and his love of life in America.
Author: David Robbins
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 045147290X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this Western novel by the author of Badlanders, a con man's ruse casts him in the role of heroic lawman... THE GREAT PRETENDER Alonzo Pratt, alias Robert Grant, has always survived by his wits, working his way up from petty pickpocket to polished con artist. Saddlebags bulging with disguises, he is a master impersonator, whether limping in a Civil War uniform or toting a Bible dressed in black. On occasion, a tin star pinned to his vest is just the ticket to winning the trust of his innocent marks. When Federal Marshal Jacob Stone happens to come across another lawman while taking in a wounded prisoner, he's grateful for some assistance. And when he hears tell that Cal Grissom's gang is roaming these parts, he enlists Deputy Grant to help him track down the thieves. But he does wonder why his new partner seems so...reluctant. Alonzo never planned to join a manhunt. But now he's shooting Sioux and rescuing an outlaw's gorgeous daughter. His disguise may have fooled the marshal, but it won't stop lead...
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-08-16
Total Pages: 189
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Little Town on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: Strome Senior Citizens Club
Publisher: Strome, Alta. : Strome Senior Citizens Club
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780889251069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert P. Wilkins
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1977-11-17
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 0393243796
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The area's extreme remoteness, great size, and sparse population have shaped the North Dakota character from the beginning of settlement a century ago. Theirs was not an easy land to master; and of those who tried, it demanded strength, endurance, and few illusions, but it had rewards. Today, as world shortages of food and fuel raise new possibilities--and new problems--North Dakotans face the future with the cautious optimism they learned long ago in sod houses and cold winters on the far northern edge of their country.
Author: Vickie McDonough
Publisher: Whitaker House
Published: 2013-06-17
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1603748423
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sarah Marshall never wanted to leave Chicago and head west on a wagon train bound for the New Mexico Territory, but she wasn’t given a choice. The rugged trail is no place for her ailing aunt—and tending oxen and gathering buffalo chips is no job for a sophisticated young woman. All Sarah wants is to see her aunt safely to Santa Fe, and then she plans to return home to the Windy City.Ethan Harper, the youngest of three adult brothers, enjoys a peaceful existence helping run his family’s stage stop in Kansas, along the Santa Fe Trail. Only one cloud continues to darken his horizon—guilt over his part in the tragic death of his oldest brother’s wife. The only acceptable penance Ethan can think of is to find Aaron a new wife, and then his two children would have a mother. A series of misfortunes strands Sarah and her aunt at the Harpers’ Stage Stop, where they depend upon the generosity of the kindhearted Harper family. Soon, the presence of an attractive young woman, however unversed in the ways of prairie living, wreaks havoc on the well-ordered lives of the Harper brothers. Ethan grasps at this chance to get Aaron a wife, but the more interest Aaron shows in Sarah, the less Ethan likes it. And Josh wants his chance at wooing her, too. Will any of the brothers prove himself worthy to Sarah? Or will she finally head home to Chicago, leaving behind a trail of broken hearts?
Author: Teresa Lynn
Publisher: Tranquility Press
Published: 2014-06-08
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 0990497704
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Little House on the Prairie books and TV show have inspired generations, but few people know the history of the Ingalls family in Freemasonry. Discover new stories about Laura Ingalls Wilder in Little Lodges on the Prairie: Freemasonry & Laura Ingalls Wilder, the first book to comprehensively document the role Masonry and the Eastern Star played in the lives of this iconic American family. A lively and informative look at this lesser-known aspect of Laura’s life, including documents which have rarely been seen and never before been published, Little Lodges on the Prairie gives readers an intriguing new and unique perspective on Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family.