American Heritage History of the Pioneers By Richard M. Ketchum Kindle Edition 1612309089 9781612309088 History American Heritage History of the Pioneers Americas story is made up of many elements, but through it have coursed two main streams that have nourished and carried a people forward to a destiny that was beyond all imagining when the story began. One of these is an idea that goes back to the rim of recorded time. It was first a dim, gnawing hope that the future lay in a magic land off to the west. Once that land was found, it drew people to it like a magnet. It is easy to say that it was gold or precious stones or land that led them on, for it was all of these. Yet, it was and here was the second great stream of American history. There was something that literally drove people westward, goading them across the endless mountains, through steep passes, across searing plains and desert into the face of terrors known and those unguessed. It was vision. It was courage. It was, at times, the sheer joy of overcoming fantastic obstacles. And it was also the conviction that what they were doing was different from anything that had happened before, that nothing would ever be quite the same again, and that the world would be a better place for what they had accomplished. Eastward I go only by force, Henry David Thoreau said, but westward I go free. The sleep of 100 centuries was stirred up in that surge toward the sunset, for out of it emerged not only a new people and a new nation but a force that changed the globe.

America s story is made up of many elements but through it have coursed two main streams that have nourished and carried a people forward to a destiny that was beyond all imagining when the story began One of these is an idea that goes back to the rim of recorded time It was first a dim gnawing hope that the future lay in a magic land off to the west Once that land was found it drew people to it like a magnet It is easy to say that it was gold or precious stones or land that led them on for it was all of these Yet it was and here was the second great stream of American history There was something that literally drove people westward goading them across the endless mountains through steep passes across searing plains and desert into the face of terrors known and those unguessed It was vision It was courage It was at times the sheer joy of overcoming fantastic obstacles And it was also the conviction that what they were doing was different from anything that had happened before that nothing would ever be quite the same again and that the world would be a better place for what they had accomplished Eastward I go only by force Henry David Thoreau said but westward I go free The sleep of 100 centuries was stirred up in that surge toward the sunset for out of it emerged not only a new people and a new nation but a force that changed the globe American Heritage History of the PioneersHave owned this book since it was published received a subscription to American Heritage Magazine the year before 1958 Have scanned all illustrations and related captions over the years and probably read most of the text A very useful overview of the topic Use as reference now English First of all I m really enjoying this book I came across American Heritage History of the Pioneer Spirit on and decided to buy it As I ve gotten older I ve become interested in American history This book is an overall view of certain people and situations that happened in the past and how it affected the United States It s basically an overview of events and people that shaped our nation and events both large and small It doesn t spend a lot of time on each subject but so what From what the book contains you can do further research elsewhere It certainly whets your appetite to discover about the events that happened in the past and the people involved I even read things about events and people I d never heard of before A fascinating book English Good read but it wasn t what I expected My expectation was reading about the Oregon and Santa Fe trails There was new interesting information i didn t know When they talked about inventions nothing was said about Thomas Edison and very little about Ford I felt the history was a bit spotty and tended to be shaped to turn the opinion of the reader Could have used some review English Disjointed Shallow English 973 English

American Heritage History of the Pioneers By Richard M. Ketchum

1612309089

9781612309088

English

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Kindle Edition

A graduate of Yale Richard Ketchum was a writer and editor who worked for the American Heritage Publishing Company from 1956 until 1974..