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1 online resource (xxi, 402 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Western Experience Series |
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Western experience.
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| Contents |
The Barneys on America's frontier: the Holland Land Purchase, 1800-1811 -- The silhouette of Ohio: Barneys in America's interior, 1811-1826 -- These fertile prairies: Yankees on the Illinois frontier, 1826-1832 -- On my farm: Lewis Barney comes of age, 1833-1839 -- An honest, industrious people: conversion to Mormonism, 1839-1840 -- Unaccustomed to city life: Nauvoo and the Hancock Prairie, 1841-1844 -- A gloom over the country: the final years in Hancock County, 1844-1846 -- Midst sighs and lamentations: Iowa-prelude to the West, 1846 -- A story makes a people: the exodus to Zion, 1847 -- A band of brethren: the return to winter quarters, 1847 -- Barney's grove: Iowa and the last trek to Zion, 1847-1852 -- We managed to live: the Palmyra Plain, 1852-1856 -- He would not forsake his people: Spanish Fork and the Utah War, 1856-1858 -- We left them crying: Spanish Fork and Springville, 1858-1861 -- Busted up: Utah's Sanpete and Sevier Valleys, 1861-1865 -- Beginning to Be old: the Indian war and the railway, 1865-1869 -- A frontier village: Monroe, Utah, 1871-1874 -- A division with the people: the Monroe United Order of Enoch, 1874-1878 -- The salvation of thy relatives and friends: the last years in Sevier Valley, 1877-1882 -- Better situated: farther into the frontier, 1882-1886 -- If it takes the rest of my life: the quixotical family kingdom, -- Barney family relationships |
| Summary |
""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 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-393) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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| Subject |
Barney, Lewis, 1808-1894.
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Barney, Lewis, 1808-1894
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Barney, Lewis, 1808-1894 fast |
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Latter Day Saint pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
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Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Utah -- Biography
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Utah
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Latter Day Saint churches -- History -- 19th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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HISTORY -- General.
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Mormon Church
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Mormon pioneers
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West (U.S.) -- Biography
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Utah -- Biography
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West United States
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Utah
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001005898 |
| ISBN |
9780874214727 |
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0874214726 |
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1283266962 |
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9781283266963 |
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9786613266965 |
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6613266965 |
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