Author: Ezra MeekerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The Busy Life of Eighty-five Years of Ezra Meeker
Author: Ezra MeekerThe Busy Life of Eighty-Five Years of Ezra Meeker
Author: Ezra MeekerPublisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736416628
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Just why I should write a preface I know not, except that it is fashionable to do so, and yet in the present case there would seem a little explanation due the reader, who may cast his eye on the first chapter of this work. Indeed, the chapter, "Early Days in Indiana," may properly be termed an introduction, though quite intimately connected with the narrative that follows, yet not necessary to make a completed story of the trip to Oregon in the early fifties. The enlarged scope of this work, narrating incidents not connected with the Oregon Trail or the Ox Team expedition, may call for this explanation, that the author's thought has been to portray frontier life in the Old Oregon Country, as well as pioneer life on the plains; to live his experiences of eighty-five years over again, and tell them in plain, homely language, to the end the later generation may know how the "fathers" lived, what they did, and what they thought in the long ago. An attempt has been made to teach the young lessons of industry, frugality, upright and altruistic living as exemplified in the lives of the pioneers. While acknowledging the imperfections of the work, yet to parents I can sincerely say they may safely place this volume in the home without fear that the adventures recited will arouse a morbid craving in the minds of their children. The adventures are of real life, and incident to a serious purpose in life, and not stories of fancy to make exciting reading, although some of them may seem as such. "Truth is stranger than fiction," and the pioneers have no need to borrow from their imagination. Seattle, Washington.
The Busy Life of Eighty-Five Years of Ezra Meeker (Illustrated Edition)
Author: Ezra MeekerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781406879759
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Meeker (1830-1928) was an American pioneer who travelled the Oregon Trail by ox-drawn wagon as a young man and in later life worked to memorialise the Trail, retracing the trip of his youth. He was the author of several books based on his life and experiences, this one marking his eighty-fifth birthday.
The Washington Historical Quarterly
Author: The Important American Library Formed by Dr. William C. Braislin, Sold by His Order ...
Author: William Coughlin BraislinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Busy Life of Eighty-Five Years of Ezra Meeker
Author: Ezra MeekerPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Busy Life of Eighty-Five Years of Ezra Meeker" by Ezra Meeker. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Catalogue
Author: Dawson's Book ShopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston ...
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Bulletin [1908-23]
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Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description