One Side By Himself : The Life and Times of Lewis Barney, 1808-1894 / / by Ronald O. Barney
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| Autore: |
Barney Ronald O. <1949->
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| Titolo: |
One Side By Himself : The Life and Times of Lewis Barney, 1808-1894 / / by Ronald O. Barney
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| Pubblicazione: | Logan : , : Utah State University Press, , 2001 |
| ©2001 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (425 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 978/.02/092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Latter Day Saint churches - History - 19th century |
| Frontier and pioneer life - Utah | |
| Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) | |
| Latter Day Saint pioneers - Utah | |
| Latter Day Saint pioneers - West (U.S.) | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Utah Biography |
| West (U.S.) Biography | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-393) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Barneys on America's Frontier: The Holland Land Purchase, 1800-1811; 2 The Silhouette of Ohio: Barneys in America's Interior, 1811-1826; 3 These Fertile Prairies: Yankees on the Illinois Frontier, 1826-1832; 4 On My Farm: Lewis Barney Comes of Age, 1833-1839; 5 An Honest, Industrious People: Conversion to Mormonism, 1839-1840; 6 Unaccustomed to City Life: Nauvoo and the Hancock Prairie, 1841-1844; 7 A Gloom over the Country: The Final Years in Hancock County, 1844-1846 |
| 8 Midst Sighs and Lamentations: Iowa-Prelude to the West, 18469 A Story Makes a People: The Exodus to Zion, 1847; 10 A Band of Brethren: The Return to Winter Quarters, 1847; 11 Barney's Grove: Iowa and the Last Trek to Zion, 1847-1852; 12 We Managed to Live: The Palmyra Plain, 1852-1856; 13 He Would Not Forsake His People: Spanish Fork and the Utah War, 1856-1858; 14 We Left Them Crying: Spanish Fork and Springville, 1858-1861; 15 Busted Up: Utah's Sanpete and Sevier Valleys, 1861-1865; 16 Beginning to Be Old: The Indian War and the Railway, 1865-1869 | |
| 17 A Frontier Village: Monroe, Utah, 1871-187418 A Division with the People: The Monroe United Order of Enoch, 1874-1878; 19 The Salvation of Thy Relatives and Friends: The Last Years in Sevier Valley, 1877-1882; 20 Better Situated: Farther into the Frontier, 1882-1886; 21 If It Takes the Rest of My Life: The Quixotical Family Kingdom, 1886-1894; Barney Family Relationships; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | ""What an astonishing life and what a remarkable biography. Lewis Barney's sojourn on the hard edge of the American frontier is a forgotten epic. Not only does this book tell of an amazing personal odyssey from his birth in upstate New York in 1808 to his death in Mancos, Colorado, in 1894, but Barney's tale represents a living evocation of some of the most significant themes in American history. Frederick Jackson Turner theorized that the frontier shaped our national character, but Lewis Barney's life stands as a testament to the real impact of the westering experience on a man and his f |
| Titolo autorizzato: | One Side By Himself |
| ISBN: | 1-283-26696-2 |
| 9786613266965 | |
| 0-87421-472-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996206951503316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Serie:
Western Experience Series