Author: James Eldridge Quinlan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781588402196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Facsimile reprint of 1894 original; written by James Eldridge Quinlan (1818-1874) of New York in 1851 and most likely abridged / edited ("adapted") by T. G. Cutler. Attractive color cover. The story of Tom Quick (1734-c.1795), who was raised in Milford, Pa., with the indians as his companions, yet who snapped when his father was murdered and took his revenge against many indians for the rest of his life.
The Original Life and Adventures of Tom Quick, Indian Slayer
Author: James Eldridge Quinlan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781588402196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Facsimile reprint of 1894 original; written by James Eldridge Quinlan (1818-1874) of New York in 1851 and most likely abridged / edited ("adapted") by T. G. Cutler. Attractive color cover. The story of Tom Quick (1734-c.1795), who was raised in Milford, Pa., with the indians as his companions, yet who snapped when his father was murdered and took his revenge against many indians for the rest of his life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781588402196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Facsimile reprint of 1894 original; written by James Eldridge Quinlan (1818-1874) of New York in 1851 and most likely abridged / edited ("adapted") by T. G. Cutler. Attractive color cover. The story of Tom Quick (1734-c.1795), who was raised in Milford, Pa., with the indians as his companions, yet who snapped when his father was murdered and took his revenge against many indians for the rest of his life.
The Original Life and Adventures of Tom Quick, the Indian Slayer
The Original Life and Adventures of Tom Quick, the Indian Slayer
Author: James E. Quinlan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780795035173
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780795035173
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Tom Quick, the Indian Slayer
Author: James E. Quinlan
Publisher: Digital Antiquaria
ISBN: 1580573193
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Tom Quick, the Avenger of the Delaware, devoted his life to exterminating the few remaining Indians in northeast Pennsylvania. At the time this book was written, he was one of the great icons of American folklore and his exploits were the common fare of fireside storytellers and cracker-barrel old-timers. Today, Tom Quick is virtually forgotten. Political correctness recently motivated his hometown of Milford, PA to dismantle the handsome monument over his remains and replace it with an apologetic plaque. References to him have been eliminated from almost every local history.This book is the original biography of Tom Quick, published in 1851. It contains virtually every tale associated with the craft and cunning of Tom Quick, as well as many narratives relating to the early settlers of the upper Delaware Valley. Of special interest to historians are the chapters devoted to the Battle of Minisink during the American Revolution. The abridged version, published in 1894, lacks several key chapters, footnotes and the Appendix.This masterfully-crafted eBook faithfully preserves the original 1851 edition in its entirety and is fully-searchable and fully-printable. (152pp, 1.04 Mb)
Publisher: Digital Antiquaria
ISBN: 1580573193
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Tom Quick, the Avenger of the Delaware, devoted his life to exterminating the few remaining Indians in northeast Pennsylvania. At the time this book was written, he was one of the great icons of American folklore and his exploits were the common fare of fireside storytellers and cracker-barrel old-timers. Today, Tom Quick is virtually forgotten. Political correctness recently motivated his hometown of Milford, PA to dismantle the handsome monument over his remains and replace it with an apologetic plaque. References to him have been eliminated from almost every local history.This book is the original biography of Tom Quick, published in 1851. It contains virtually every tale associated with the craft and cunning of Tom Quick, as well as many narratives relating to the early settlers of the upper Delaware Valley. Of special interest to historians are the chapters devoted to the Battle of Minisink during the American Revolution. The abridged version, published in 1894, lacks several key chapters, footnotes and the Appendix.This masterfully-crafted eBook faithfully preserves the original 1851 edition in its entirety and is fully-searchable and fully-printable. (152pp, 1.04 Mb)
The Tom Quick Legends
Author: Vernon Leslie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
American Leviathan
Author: Patrick Griffin
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0809095157
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Sample Text
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0809095157
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Sample Text
Savagism and Civilization
Author: Roy Harvey Pearce
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520062272
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
First published in 1953, revised in 1964, and presented here with a new foreword by Arnold Krupat and new postscript by the author, Roy Harvey Pearce's Savagism and Civilization is a classic in the genre of history of ideas. Examining the political pamphlets, missionaries' reports, anthropologists' accounts, and the drama, poetry, and novels of the 18th and early 19th centuries, Professor Pearce traces the conflict between the idea of the noble savage and the will to Christianize the heathen and appropriate their land, which ended with the near extermination of Native American culure.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520062272
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
First published in 1953, revised in 1964, and presented here with a new foreword by Arnold Krupat and new postscript by the author, Roy Harvey Pearce's Savagism and Civilization is a classic in the genre of history of ideas. Examining the political pamphlets, missionaries' reports, anthropologists' accounts, and the drama, poetry, and novels of the 18th and early 19th centuries, Professor Pearce traces the conflict between the idea of the noble savage and the will to Christianize the heathen and appropriate their land, which ended with the near extermination of Native American culure.
Historicism Once More
Author: Roy Harvey Pearce
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400876001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
A collection of some of Pearce's best-known essays on historical criticism in which he suggests a way of going beyond positivist historiography and formalist explication de texie toward a criticism which vitally engages the reader in what he reads and puts him m a position of judging himself and his culture, past and present. Originally published in 1969. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400876001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
A collection of some of Pearce's best-known essays on historical criticism in which he suggests a way of going beyond positivist historiography and formalist explication de texie toward a criticism which vitally engages the reader in what he reads and puts him m a position of judging himself and his culture, past and present. Originally published in 1969. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Peoples of Pennsylvania
Author: David E. Washburn
Publisher: Inquiry International
ISBN: 9780822942061
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher: Inquiry International
ISBN: 9780822942061
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Making the Frontier Man
Author: Matthew C. Ward
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822990024
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
For western colonists in the early American backcountry, disputes often ended in bloodshed and death. Making the Frontier Man examines early life and the origins of lawless behavior in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio from 1750 to 1815. It provides a key to understanding why the trans-Appalachian West was prone to violent struggles, especially between white men. Traumatic experiences of the Revolution and the Forty Years War legitimized killing as a means of self-defense—of property, reputation, and rights—transferring power from the county courts to the ordinary citizen. Backcountry men waged war against American Indians in state-sponsored militias as they worked to establish farms and seize property in the West. And white neighbors declared war on each other, often taking extreme measures to resolve petty disputes that ended with infamous family feuds. Making the Frontier Man focuses on these experiences of western expansion and how they influenced American culture and society, specifically the nature of western manhood, which radically transformed in the North American environment. In search of independence and improvement, the new American man was also destitute, frustrated by the economic and political power of his elite counterparts, and undermined by failure. He was aggressive, misogynistic, racist, and violent, and looked to reclaim his dominance and masculinity by any means necessary.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822990024
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
For western colonists in the early American backcountry, disputes often ended in bloodshed and death. Making the Frontier Man examines early life and the origins of lawless behavior in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio from 1750 to 1815. It provides a key to understanding why the trans-Appalachian West was prone to violent struggles, especially between white men. Traumatic experiences of the Revolution and the Forty Years War legitimized killing as a means of self-defense—of property, reputation, and rights—transferring power from the county courts to the ordinary citizen. Backcountry men waged war against American Indians in state-sponsored militias as they worked to establish farms and seize property in the West. And white neighbors declared war on each other, often taking extreme measures to resolve petty disputes that ended with infamous family feuds. Making the Frontier Man focuses on these experiences of western expansion and how they influenced American culture and society, specifically the nature of western manhood, which radically transformed in the North American environment. In search of independence and improvement, the new American man was also destitute, frustrated by the economic and political power of his elite counterparts, and undermined by failure. He was aggressive, misogynistic, racist, and violent, and looked to reclaim his dominance and masculinity by any means necessary.