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The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of mid-America from crimes committed back east. In the beautiful but deadly country which would one day come to be known as West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, more often than not they left their bones to bleach beside forest paths or on the banks of the Ohio River,...
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"A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the 'American Revolution': former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams...
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Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2001.
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English
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In rediscovering early America as Indian country, Richter employs the historian's craft to challenge cherished assumptions about times and places, revealing Native American experiences at the core of the nation's birth and identity. 15 halftones
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Recreates a day in the life of a Wampanoag Indian boy during pilgrim times. Tapenum is disappointed when he isn't chosen to become a warrior counselor but he has a plan so that he won't be disappointed again next year.
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Children's Press
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[2003]
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IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Discusses the history of New Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, the relationship between the colonists and the native Wampanoag people, and the harvest festival which would later become Thanksgiving Day.