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From Missouri West
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Author : Robert Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-01-17
From Missouri West written by Robert Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-17 with Landscape photography categories.
These views of the American West, made by Robert Adams between 1975 and 1983, evoke a wide range of memories, myths and regrets associated with America's final frontier. In the nineteenth century, that frontier began at the Missouri River, beyond which lay a landscape of natural grandeur and purity, challenging the spirit and promising redemption. At the time the pictures were made, the hand of man had not so much disfigured as domesticated that paradise, leaving its mark of intrusion almost casually, with the assurance of absolute triumph. Adams recorded this intrusion with neither judgment nor irony; the land he shows has simply been changed, reduced, made ordinary. Yet a second look makes it apparent that the hand of man has, after all, its limitations. First published in 1980, From the Missouri West marked a watershed in the history of landscape photography by reclaiming the West's sublimity as worthy of unromantic consideration. The link between Adams's work to that of the pioneering figures who surveyed the Western landscape more than a century earlier--in particular Timothy O'Sullivan--is drawn out in this re-edited and substantially enlarged edition of the book. Because I had lost my way in the suburbs, I decided to try to rediscover some of the landforms that had impressed our forebears. Was there remaining in the geography a strength that might help sustain us as it had them? Robert Adams
From The Missouri West
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Author : Robert Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
From The Missouri West written by Robert Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Landscape photography categories.
"Robert Adamss' sixth book of landscape/topographical photography, exploring the area west of the Missouri River, where his ancestors settled several generations ago. Printed by the Meriden Gravure Company using negatives prepared by Richard Benson."--Amazon.
From The Missouri West
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Author : Frank Greenagel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-12-01
From The Missouri West written by Frank Greenagel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-01 with categories.
A photographic record of the Great Plains, from the Missouri to the Colorado River. Landscapes, Elevators & Habitations
Beyond The Missouri
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Author : Richard W. Etulain
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2006
Beyond The Missouri written by Richard W. Etulain and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
This new historical overview tells the dramatic story of the American West from its prehistory to the present. A narrative history, it covers the region from the North Dakota-to-Texas states to the Pacific Coast and includes experiences and contributions of American Indians, Hispanics, and African Americans.
The Missouri Mormon Experience
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Author : Thomas M. Spencer
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2010-03-05
The Missouri Mormon Experience written by Thomas M. Spencer and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-05 with History categories.
The Mormon presence in nineteenth-century Missouri was uneasy at best and at times flared into violence fed by misunderstanding and suspicion. By the end of 1838, blood was shed, and Governor Lilburn Boggs ordered that Mormons were to be “exterminated or driven from the state.” The Missouri persecutions greatly shaped Mormon faith and culture; this book reexamines Mormon-Missourian history within the sociocultural context of its time. The contributors to this volume unearth the challenges and assumptions on both sides of the conflict, as well as the cultural baggage that dictated how their actions and responses played on each other. Shortly after Joseph Smith proclaimed Jackson County the site of the “New Jerusalem,” Mormon settlers began moving to western Missouri, and by 1833 they made up a third of the county’s population. Mormons and Missourians did not mix well. The new settlers were relocated to Caldwell County, but tensions still escalated, leading to the three-month “Mormon War” in 1838—capped by the Haun’s Mill Massacre, now a seminal event in Mormon history. These nine essays explain why Missouri had an important place in the theology of 1830s Mormonism and was envisioned as the site of a grand temple. The essays also look at interpretations of the massacre, the response of Columbia’s more moderate citizens to imprisoned church leaders (suggesting that the conflict could have been avoided if Smith had instead chosen Columbia as his new Zion), and Mormon migration through the state over the thirty years following their expulsion. Although few Missourians today are aware of this history, many Mormons continue to be suspicious of the state despite the eventual rescinding of Governor Boggs’s order. By depicting the Missouri-Mormon conflict as the result of a particularly volatile blend of cultural and social causes, this book takes a step toward understanding the motivations behind the conflict and sheds new light on the state of religious tolerance in frontier America.
Independent Immigrants
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Author : Robert W. Frizzell
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2007
Independent Immigrants written by Robert W. Frizzell and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Between 1838 and the early 1890s, German peasant farmers from the Kingdom of Hanover made their way to Lafayette County, Missouri, to form a new community centered on the town of Concordia. Their story has much to tell us about the American immigrant experience--and about how newcomers were caught up in the violence that swept through their adoptive home. Robert Frizzell grew up near Concordia, and in this first book-length history of the German settlement, he chronicles its life and times during those formative years. Founded by Hanoverian Friedrich Dierking--known as "Dierking the Comforter" for the aid he gave his countrymen--the Concordia settlement blossomed from 72 households in 1850 to 375 over the course of twenty years. Frizzell traces that growth as he examines the success of early agricultural efforts, but he also tells how the community strayed from the cultural path set by its freethinker founder to become a center of religious conservatism. Drawing on archival material from both sides of the Atlantic, Frizzell offers a compelling account for scholars and general readers alike, showing how Concordia differed from other German immigrant communities in America. He also explores the conditions in Hanover--particularly the village of Esperke, from which many of the settlers hailed--that caused people to leave, shedding new light on theological, political, and economic circumstances in both the Old World and the New. When the Civil War came, the antislavery Hanoverians found themselves in the Missouri county with the greatest number of slaves, and the Germans supported the Union while most of their neighbors sympathized with Confederate guerrillas. Frizzell tells how the notorious "Bloody Bill" Anderson attacked the community three times, committing atrocities as gruesome as any recorded in the state--then how the community flourished after the war and even bought out the farmsteads of former slaveholders. Frizzell's account challenges many historians' assumptions about German motives for immigration and includes portraits of families and individuals that show the high price in toil and blood required to meet the challenges of making a home in a new land. Independent Immigrants reveals the untold story of these newcomers as it reveals a little-known aspect of the Civil War in Missouri.
Guerrilla Hunters In Civil War Missouri
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Author : James W. Erwin
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013-03-26
Guerrilla Hunters In Civil War Missouri written by James W. Erwin and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-26 with History categories.
The guerrillas who terrorized Missouri during the Civil War were colorful men whose daring and vicious deeds brought them a celebrity never enjoyed by the Federal soldiers who hunted them. Many books have been written about William Quantrill, "Bloody Bill" Anderson, George Todd, Tom Livingston and other noted guerrillas. You have probably not heard of George Wolz, Aaron Caton, John Durnell, Thomas Holston or Ludwick St. John. They served in Union cavalry regiments in Missouri, where neither side showed mercy to defeated foes. They are just five of the anonymous thousands who, in the end, defeated the guerrillas and have been forgotten with the passage of time. This is their story.
Across The Wide Missouri
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Author : Bernard DeVoto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Across The Wide Missouri written by Bernard DeVoto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.
Report On A Journey To The Western States Of North America And A Stay Of Several Years Along The Missouri During The Years 1824 25 26 And 1827
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Author : Gottfried Duden
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 1980
Report On A Journey To The Western States Of North America And A Stay Of Several Years Along The Missouri During The Years 1824 25 26 And 1827 written by Gottfried Duden and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with History categories.
The author's intent was to promote and describe the midwest, specifically Missouri. His audience was the people of his native Germany.
The New West
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Author : Joshua Chuang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The New West written by Joshua Chuang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Photography categories.
Originally published in 1974, this book is now regarded as a classic book of photography in the pantheon of landmark projects exploring American culture and society.