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A scattered people : an American family moves West, 1630-1900 / by Gerald W. McFarland.
LIBRA CT274.W37 M34 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McFarland, Gerald W., 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ward family.
- Pioneers--United States--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- United States.
- Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pantheon Books, 1985.
- Summary:
- This remarkable, innovative book portrays the American experience in microcosm. Gerald McFarland tells the story of U.S. westward expansion through the stories of his own ancestors from the arrival in Massachusetts in 1630, through successive generations that moved west, at length reaching the West Coast in 1900. "The real American history." Choice. "The people in this history are not famous, but, through the author's meticulous research, every one of them comes to life." New Yorker.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [257]-266.
- ISBN:
- 0394538412 :
- OCLC:
- 123164397
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