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An Illinois reader., Clyde C. Walton, editor

Label
An Illinois reader.
Title
An Illinois reader.
Statement of responsibility
Clyde C. Walton, editor
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Member of
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
977.3/008
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
LC call number
F541
LC item number
.W22
Literary form
non fiction
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Walton, Clyde C
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Illinois
Label
An Illinois reader., Clyde C. Walton, editor
Instantiates
Publication
Contents
Introduction. Not without thy wondrous story, Illinois / Allan Nevins -- Pt. 1. Outpost of a new nation, 1760-1796. Illinois and the Revolution in the West, 1779-1780 / James Alton James ; Hard times in Illinois 1780 / John H. Hauberg - 1780, the Revolution at crisis in the West / Theodore Calvin Pease ; The French and British at play in the Old Northwest, 1760-1796 / Nelson Vance Russell -- Pt. 2. The frontier state, 1820-1845. The frontier in Illinois history / Ray A. Billington ; Slavery and negro servitude in Pope County, Illinois / John W. Allen ; Lincoln and New Salem / Benjamin P. Thomas ; English Settler in Illinois / Grant Foreman ; The Mormons and politics in Illinois, 1839-1844 / Geroge R. Gayler ; Frontier landlords and pioneer tenants / Paul W. Gates -- Pt. 3. The age of Lincoln and Douglas, 1848-1865. Remembrances of two Springfield weddings of the olden time / Mrs. John M. Palmer ; Old-time compaigning and the story of a Lincoln campaign song / William H. Smith ; How Mr. Lincoln received the news of his first nomination / Clinton L. Conkling ; The folklore Lincoln / David Donald ; Stephen A. Douglas, his weaknesses and his greatness / Allan Nevins -- Pt. 4. The maturing state, 1886-1903. The Haymarket riot and the Trial of the Anarchists / Francis X. Busch ; Governor Altgeld pardons the Anarchists / Harvey Wish ; Social settlements in Illinois / Jane Addams ; A quarter of a century in the stockyards district / Mary E. McDowell ; The Pullman strike, a study in industrial warfare / Harvey Wish -- Pt. 5. In recent times, 1910-1959. Illinois pulls out of the mud / David R. Wrone ; Side lights on Illinois suffrage history / Grace Wilbur Trout ; Hell and high water / Richard L. Beyer ; My life iwth the Colonel / Walter Trohan -- Index
Control code
ocm00089905
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xvii, 468 p.
Isbn
9780875800141
Lccn
70105676
Other physical details
maps
Label
An Illinois reader., Clyde C. Walton, editor
Publication
Contents
Introduction. Not without thy wondrous story, Illinois / Allan Nevins -- Pt. 1. Outpost of a new nation, 1760-1796. Illinois and the Revolution in the West, 1779-1780 / James Alton James ; Hard times in Illinois 1780 / John H. Hauberg - 1780, the Revolution at crisis in the West / Theodore Calvin Pease ; The French and British at play in the Old Northwest, 1760-1796 / Nelson Vance Russell -- Pt. 2. The frontier state, 1820-1845. The frontier in Illinois history / Ray A. Billington ; Slavery and negro servitude in Pope County, Illinois / John W. Allen ; Lincoln and New Salem / Benjamin P. Thomas ; English Settler in Illinois / Grant Foreman ; The Mormons and politics in Illinois, 1839-1844 / Geroge R. Gayler ; Frontier landlords and pioneer tenants / Paul W. Gates -- Pt. 3. The age of Lincoln and Douglas, 1848-1865. Remembrances of two Springfield weddings of the olden time / Mrs. John M. Palmer ; Old-time compaigning and the story of a Lincoln campaign song / William H. Smith ; How Mr. Lincoln received the news of his first nomination / Clinton L. Conkling ; The folklore Lincoln / David Donald ; Stephen A. Douglas, his weaknesses and his greatness / Allan Nevins -- Pt. 4. The maturing state, 1886-1903. The Haymarket riot and the Trial of the Anarchists / Francis X. Busch ; Governor Altgeld pardons the Anarchists / Harvey Wish ; Social settlements in Illinois / Jane Addams ; A quarter of a century in the stockyards district / Mary E. McDowell ; The Pullman strike, a study in industrial warfare / Harvey Wish -- Pt. 5. In recent times, 1910-1959. Illinois pulls out of the mud / David R. Wrone ; Side lights on Illinois suffrage history / Grace Wilbur Trout ; Hell and high water / Richard L. Beyer ; My life iwth the Colonel / Walter Trohan -- Index
Control code
ocm00089905
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xvii, 468 p.
Isbn
9780875800141
Lccn
70105676
Other physical details
maps

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