Now in paperback
Frontier Illinois
James E. Davis
"A comprehensive, readable history of this distinctive prairie
state before the Civil War.... This deft synthesis of existing
knowledge is likely to become the standard modern history of
Illinois." Kirkus Reviews
"Davis provides an incisive portrait of prairie society.... A
fresh and sophisticated survey of early Illinois." Choice
"O, this is a delightful country " one newly arrived settler
wrote to a friend back East. Indeed, as James E. Davis shows, many
newcomers found Illinois a hospitable and relatively peaceful place
in which to start a new life. In this sweeping history of the
making of the state, Davis tells the story of Illinois from the Ice
Age to the eve of the Civil War. He describes the earliest
Indian
civilizations, the coming of LaSalle and Joliet and the founding of
the French colony, the brief history of British Illinois, and the
complex history of subsequent settlement that brought distinct
cultural traditions to Illinois.
A major theme of this book is the relative absence of violence,
at least after the Blackhawk War of 1832, even over explosive
issues such as slavery. Davis treats these developments in careful
detail, while keeping the reader mindful of the experiences of
Illinois ordinary people.
James E. Davis is William and Charlotte Gardner Professor of
History and Professor of Geography at Illinois College. He is
author of Frontier America, 1800 1840: A Comparative
Demographic Analysis of the Settlement Process and Dreams to
Dust.
A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier series Walter Nugent
and Malcolm Rohrbough, general editors
Sales territory is worldwide
A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier
1998; 432 pages, 13 b&w photos, 5 maps, notes, bibl., index, 6
x 9
cloth 0-253-33423-3 $39.95 L / 28.50
paper 0-253-21406-8 $18.95 t / 13.50 "
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