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The lonesome plains : death and revival on an American frontier / Louis Fairchild. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fairchild, Louis.
- Series:
- West Texas A&M University series ; no. 7
- West Texas A&M University series The lonesome plains
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--Texas, West.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Texas, West--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Texas, West.
- Texas, West--Religious life and customs--19th century.
- Pioneers--Texas, West--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Pioneers.
- Pioneers--Texas, West--Psychology.
- Loneliness--Texas, West--History--19th century.
- Loneliness.
- Solitude--Texas, West--History--19th century.
- Solitude.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Texas, West--History--19th century.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Camp meetings--Texas, West--History--19th century.
- Camp meetings.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Social life and customs--19th century--Texas, West.
- Pioneers--Psychology--19th century--Texas, West.
- Pioneers--History--19th century--Texas, West.
- Loneliness--History--19th century--Texas, West.
- Solitude--History--19th century--Texas, West.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--History--Texas, West.
- Camp meetings--Texas, West.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 323 p. ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Brave cheers but many tears : departure
- Over the threshold : all things new
- Fearful solitude
- Such a country as this : loneliness
- The insecurity of life : sickness and accidents
- Death's visitation
- Neglected and forgotten : lonely graves in lonely places
- The sounds of entombment
- Meeting time
- Camp meetings
- half-vacation
- half-revival
- Fellowship of the lonely.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-313) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-58544-956-3
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