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Children of the Western Plains - The Nineteenth-Century Experience (Hardcover)
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Children of the Western Plains - The Nineteenth-Century Experience (Hardcover)
Series: American Childhoods Series
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Loot Price R483
Discovery Miles 4 830
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On December 7, 1828, Lewis Bissell Dougherty was born at Cantonment
Leavenworth, the military post of the Missouri River. For the rest
of his life, Dougherty carried a footnote to his name: he was one
of the first white children to be born in Kansas. These "first"
children came to be celebrated as white America's first steps onto
the Western frontier. In "Children of the Western Plains," Marilyn
Holt rescues the experience of children from the usual adult
perspectives on Western history. Her book is the first in a new
series that will emphasize the experience of children during
different times and at different locales in the American past. The
books will be abundantly illustrated with black-and-white
photographs and drawings. They will take advantage of primary
source materials, reminiscences, documents, and secondary works in
telling the story of American children throughout the nation's
history. In Ms. Holt's book, she explores what life was like for
youngsters who lived on the Great Plains in nineteenth-century
frontier life. She is especially interested in how they were
raised, how they were influenced by their environment, and what
sort of independence they experienced while growing up. Her
chapters address a breadth of experiences and perceptions: why
families came to the Great Plains and where they decided to settle;
how families and communities were organized for education, work,
and play; how health care, accidents, and mortality affected
childhoods; and what children experienced outside the home. As much
as possible, she lets the children speak for themselves. This is
their story. With 25 black-and-white photographs.
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