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Australian agricultural company; Correspondence; Pioneers; History
Pioneers --- Pioneers. --- Parry, William Edward, --- Australian Agricultural Company. --- Australia.
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Prehistoric peoples --- Mesolithic period --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Homme préhistorique --- Mésolithique --- Antiquités préhistoriques --- Europe, Northern --- Antiquities. --- Postglacial pioneers --- Pioneers --- Lateglacial pioneers --- Antiquities --- Postglacial pioneers. --- Pioneers. --- Lateglacial pioneers. --- Homme préhistorique --- Mésolithique --- Antiquités préhistoriques
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Edward Pease (1767-1858), who left behind extensive diaries for the years 1824-57, was dubbed the 'father of English railways' thanks to his backing of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which began operating in 1825. A prominent Quaker and woollen manufacturer in Darlington, Pease famously recruited George Stephenson (1781-1848) as the line's engineer. His great-grandson Sir Alfred Pease (1857-1939) edited these diaries for private circulation only, but was persuaded to publish them in 1907. The work includes an introductory essay on Quakerism and biographical sketches of Pease and his wife Rachel. The diaries themselves reveal, as the editor mentions in his preface, a life devoted to public and private good works. The appendices include a variety of Quaker texts and other material relating to the Pease family and the founding of the railways.
Railroads --- Great Britain --- Pioneers --- Transportation --- Biography & Autobiography
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When we think about women settlers on the Prairies, our notions tend to veer between the nostalgic image of the "cheerful helpmate" and the grim deprivation of the "reluctant immigrant." In Looking Back: Canadian Women's Prairie Memoirs and Intersections of Culture, History, and Identity, Leigh Matthews shows how a critical approach to the life-writing of individual prairie women can broaden and deepen our understanding of the settlement era. Reopening for examination a substantial body of memoirs published after 1950 but now largely out of print, Matthews engages critical and feminist theory to close the gap between our polarized stereotypes and the actual lived experiences of rural prairie women.Addressing both the limitations and possibilities of life writing, Matthews presents a sound, well-developed and well-written case for memoir as reconciling female experience to the dominant historiography of the prairie west. Reading for "failures and incoherences," the memoirs considered here reveal women's voices that probe a community's most cherished values and beliefs, reveal its conflicts and contradictions, and call leaders to account. - Catherine Cavanaugh, Athabasca University.
Women pioneers --- Women pioneers in literature. --- Agriculture in literature. --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Social conditions.
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Australian agricultural company; Archives; Correspondence; Pioneers; History; Australia
Pioneers --- Pioneers. --- History --- Parry, William Edward, --- Australian Agricultural Company --- Australian Agricultural Company. --- History. --- Australia.
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Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society --- Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society. --- Arizona --- Arizona (Stany Zjednoczone ; stan) --- Arizona. --- History
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""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
Mormon pioneers --- Mormon Church --- Barney, Lewis, --- Utah --- Frontier and pioneer life --- History --- West (U.S.) --- Pioneers --- Latter Day Saint churches --- Latter Day Saint pioneers --- Mormonism --- Christian sects
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Frontier and pioneer life --- African American pioneers --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- American Literature --- Afro-American pioneers --- Pioneers, African American --- Pioneers --- Border life --- Homesteading --- Pioneer life --- Adventure and adventurers --- Manners and customs --- History --- South Dakota
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