The Pioneers The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
eAudio - 2019
The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that's "as resonant today as ever" (The Wall Street Journal)—the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would define our country.As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental ...in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education,...
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Simon & Schuster Audio
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- MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
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File Size | 300 GB |
Parts | 12 |
ISBN | 9781508279099 |
Release Date | 5/7/2019 |
OverDrive Listen audiobook | |
File Size | 300 GB |
ISBN | 9781508279099 |
Release Date | 5/7/2019 |