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Pioneer life in western Pennsylvania / by J. E. Wright and Doris S. Corbett ; illustrations by Clarence McWilliams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Ted, author.
- Corbett, Doris S., author.
- Series:
- Pitt paperback ; 41
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--Pennsylvania.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Pennsylvania.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania] ; London, [England] : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A fascinating look at life during pioneer times in western Pennsylvania. Describes the hardship, danger and drudgery of day-to-day life on the frontier. Topics include cabin raising, crop harvests, tanning, weaving, disease, religion, and superstition. Also follows the progression from pioneer life to industrial society.
- Contents:
- I. The Way of the Frontier; II. First Footprints; III. How the Settler Got His Land; IV. The Cabin in the Clearing; V. Linsey and Buckskin: Venison and Pone; VI. Truck Patch and Cornfield; VII. Butcher, Baker, Candlestick-Maker; VIII. Growing Upon the Frontier; IX. Jigging It Off; X. Indians in the Valley!
- XI. Yarbs, Doctors, and Charms; XII. The Log Church; XIII. Frontier Justice; XIV. From Indian Trail to Turnpike; XV. Life in the Towns; XVI. The First Factories; XVII. The Road to the Past; Glossary.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 28, 2014).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-8229-7362-6
- OCLC:
- 908671023
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