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Scattered People
Gerald W. McFarland
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Description for Scattered People
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
This remarkable, innovative book portrays one of the great American experiences in microcosm. Gerald McFarland tells the story of U.S. westward expansion through the stories of his own ancestors—from their arrival in Massachusetts in 1630, through successive generations that moved west, at length reaching the West Coast in 1900. "A Scattered People enriches the literature and reminds readers that most early Americans lived as the Hardemans and the Adairs and the Browns lived. This is the real American history."—Choice. "The evocation of historical event through the microcosm of the individual life is moving....In these histories of ordinary men and women, ... Read more
This remarkable, innovative book portrays one of the great American experiences in microcosm. Gerald McFarland tells the story of U.S. westward expansion through the stories of his own ancestors—from their arrival in Massachusetts in 1630, through successive generations that moved west, at length reaching the West Coast in 1900. "A Scattered People enriches the literature and reminds readers that most early Americans lived as the Hardemans and the Adairs and the Browns lived. This is the real American history."—Choice. "The evocation of historical event through the microcosm of the individual life is moving....In these histories of ordinary men and women, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566632973
SKU
V9781566632973
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99-15
About Gerald W. McFarland
Gerald McFarland is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has also written The “Counterfeit” Man: The True Story of the Boorn-Colvin Murder Case and Mugwumps, Morals and Politics, 1884-1920.
Reviews for Scattered People
Pays affecting tribute to all who went West in search of the dream.
The Instrumentalist
Fascinating...Especially valuable for its insights into the way ordinary Americans confronted issues and concerns in their time.
Library Journal
Moving...this is the evocation of an historical event through the microcosm of the individual life.
Journal of American History
This ... Read more
The Instrumentalist
Fascinating...Especially valuable for its insights into the way ordinary Americans confronted issues and concerns in their time.
Library Journal
Moving...this is the evocation of an historical event through the microcosm of the individual life.
Journal of American History
This ... Read more