The nineteenth century American frontier comes alive for
students and interested readers in this unique exploration of
westward expansion. This study examines the daily lives of ordinary
men and women who flooded into the Trans-Mississippi West in search
of land, fortune, a fresh start, and a new identity. Their daily
life was rarely easy. If they were to survive, they had to adapt to
the land and modify every aspect of their lives, from housing to
transportation, from education to defense, from food gathering and
preparation to the establishment of rudimentary laws and social
structures. They also had to adapt to the Native Americans already
on the land--whether through acculturation, warfare, or
coexistence.
Jones provides insight into the experiences that affected the
daily lives of the diverse people who inhabited the American
frontier: the Native Americans, trappers, explorers, ranchers,
homesteaders, soldiers and townspeople. This fascinating book gives
a sense of the extraordinary ordinariness of surviving, prospering,
failing, and dying in a new land; and explores how these westering
Americans inevitably displaced those already bound to the land by
tradition, culture, and religion. A wealth of illustrations
complement the text of this easy-to use reference.
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