The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal We

Description: Title: The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West Author: McCullough, David Publisher: Large Print Press Binding: Paperback Pages: 588 Dimensions: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.20d Product Weight: 1.5 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781432873806 The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that's "as resonant today as ever" (The Wall Street Journal)--the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would define our country. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler's son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent pioneer in American science. "With clarity and incisiveness, McCullough] details the experience of a brave and broad-minded band of people who crossed raging rivers, chopped down forests, plowed miles of land, suffered incalculable hardships, and braved a lonely frontier to forge a new American ideal" (The Providence Journal). Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. "A tale of uplift" (The New York Times Book Review), this is a quintessentially American story, written with David McCullough's signature narrative energy.   Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer

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Book Title: Pioneers : the Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

Number of Pages: 588 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Thorndike Press

Topic: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / 19th Century, Adventurers & Explorers, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)

Publication Year: 2020

Features: Large Type

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History

Author: David Mccullough

Item Length: 8.5 in

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback