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UNINA9910813987703321 |
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Titolo |
Here you have my story : eyewitness accounts of the nineteenth-century Central Plains / / edited and with an introduction by Richard E. Jensen |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-42448-3 |
9786612424489 |
0-8032-2687-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Frontier and pioneer life - Nebraska |
Land settlement - Nebraska - History |
Indians of North America - Nebraska - History - 19th century |
Frontier and pioneer life - Great Plains |
Land settlement - Great Plains - History |
Indians of North America - Great Plains - History |
Nebraska History 19th century Sources |
Great Plains History 19th century Sources |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-375) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Indian Country; 2. Military Campaigns and Army Life; 3. Overland Freighting on the Plains; 4. White Settlement; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Here You Have My Story vividly describes life on the early Plains in the words of those who came to settle in the rugged region. Originally published by the Nebraska State Historical Society between 1885 and 1919, these stories provide surprisingly accurate recollections of events and life on the Great Plains, with a focus on Nebraska. Many are filled with interactions with Native Americans, from Samuel Allis's experiences as a missionary to the Pawnees, to Henry Fontenelle's history of the Omaha Indians, to an account of the Powder River Expedition. Early freighters and cattle drovers share t |
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