“Known...as the Ohio hunter...Edwards killed 127 bears.” -Henry County News (Napoleon, Ohio), May 4, 1893“Tells first hand...when Indians were not always friendly, and deer, bear, and turkey were a hunter’s regular game.” -Tribune (Coshocton, Ohio), June 25, 1943Born in Pennsylvania in 1810, Edwards' family moved to Ohio in 1812. Upon reaching adulthood, Edwards took up the life of a hunter in order to support his family. By means of huntin...

"Known...as the Ohio hunter...Edwards killed 127 bears." -Henry County News (Napoleon, Ohio), May 4, 1893"Tells first hand...when Indians were not always friendly, and deer, bear, and turkey were a hunter's regular game." -Tribune (Coshocton, Ohio), June 25, 1943"Samuel Edwards, the 'Ohio Hunter,'...was one of the oldest citizens in this part of Ohio and is known all over the state as the pioneer hunter. He located...

Written as a continuation of her sensational 1852 text, Roughing it in the Bush, Susanna Moodie’s Life in the Backwoods continues the narrative of her experience as a settler in mid-nineteenth century Upper Canada. By relating her own experiences and those of the community of pioneers also living in the harsh environment of the Canadian backwoods, Moodie creates a faithful portrait of the harsh life faced by settlers to the British Colony.Written primarily for Bri...

Gathering Cooper's frontier romances and social-historical fictions, this volume traces the imaginative geography of early America: forests, settlements, manors, battlefields, and contested borders. The complete Leatherstocking Tales follow Natty Bumppo through episodes of wilderness heroism and cultural displacement, while The Littlepage Manuscripts examine land, inheritance, and republican change. Works such as Wyandotté and The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish extend Cooper's interest in colonial ...

MEET NATTY BUMPPOThe first volume in the famous Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers introduces Natty Bumppo, the quintessential American hunter and frontiersman who struggles to defend his cherished freedom.

Charles Eastman's work 'Indian Boyhood & From the Deep Woods to Civilization' offers readers a captivating glimpse into the rich traditions and experiences of Native American life. Through descriptive narratives and vivid storytelling, Eastman provides an intimate portrayal of his childhood as a Dakota Sioux boy, as well as his journey towards assimilation into mainstream American society. The book is written in a direct and engaging style, making it accessible to a wide range of readers, ...

Across the Plains (1892) is the middle section of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir which began with The Amateur Emigrant and ended with The Silverado SquattersThis book contains 12 chapters, each a story or essay unto itself. The title chapter is the longest, and is dividied into 7 subsections. It describes Stevenson's arrival at New York as an immigrant, along with hundreds of other Europeans, and his train journey from New York to San Francisco in an immigrant tra...

The book covers a broad range of experiences, from the wives and mothers who helped settle remote areas to the women who became pioneers, teachers, and even defenders of their homes during conflicts with Native Americans and outlaws. Fowler vividly describes the hardships these women endured—harsh weather, isolation, disease, and danger—while also emphasizing their vital contributions to the survival and success of their communities. The stories range from individual acts of heroism to the...

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish author who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. With classics such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson is still one of the most widely read authors today. This edition of Across the Plains includes a table of contents.

The writer of the following pages was reared among the Pine forests of Maine, and has spent several of the most pleasant years of his life in active participation in many of the scenes here delineated. The incidents he has related are real, and in no case is the truth sacrificed to fancy or embellishment. When the author commenced writing, his motive was to indulge somewhat in pleasant reminiscences of the past, and to live over again that portion of his life which, in general, was so plea...

In 1836, Anna Jameson sailed from London, England, to join her husband in Upper Canada, where he was serving as attorney general. Shaking off the mud of Muddy York with mild disdain, young Mrs. Jameson swiftly sallied forth to discover the New World for herself.The best known of all nineteenth century Canadian travel books, Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada is Jameson’s wonderfully entertaining account of her adventures, ranging from gleeful observations about th...

The house was a neat, though a lowly one. It bore traces of newness, for the bark on the trunks which supported the little veranda had not yet mouldered away. Nevertheless, it was not built by the owner's own hands; for when he came there he had much to learn in the rougher arts of life; but with a carpenter from a village some nine miles off, he had aided to raise the building and directed the construction by his own taste. The result was satisfactory to him; and, what was more, in his ey...