The pioneers : the heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal West / David McCullough.
"Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough tells the story of how the Northwest Territory was settled by dauntless pioneers, including Massachusetts minister Manasseh Cutler; Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam; Cutler's son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent figure in American science. Drawn from a rare collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers depicts people who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define America."--back cover.
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- ISBN: 9781432873806
- ISBN: 1432873806
- Physical Description: 571 pages (large print) : maps ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Large Print Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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"Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough tells the story of how the Northwest Territory was settled by dauntless pioneers, including Massachusetts minister Manasseh Cutler; Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam; Cutler's son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent figure in American science. Drawn from a rare collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers depicts people who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define America."--back cover.