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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition. The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story thats 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, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River.McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutlers son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent pioneer in American science. They and their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping with such frontier realities as floods, fires, wolves and bears, no roads or bridges, no guarantees of any sort, all the while negotiating a contentious and sometimes hostile relationship with the native people. Like so many of McCulloughs subjects, they let no obstacle deter or defeat them.Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. This is a revelatory and quintessentially American story, written with David McCulloughs signature narrative energy. Seller Inventory # DADAX1501168681
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Stated First Edition. DRAMATIC: REVELATORY: REMARKABLE: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: NEW Stated First Edition hardcover (Orig. May 2019) w/ no. line showing First Printing, NEW full-color handsomely-illustrated mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & showing orig. $30.00 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf corner, NEW cover w/ library-durable deep-blue linen wrapping spine & extending 1.38" over front & back panels covered in matching deep-blue paper w/ NEW edges & corners & w/ titles handsomely silver-stamped on uncreased spine, IMMACULATE text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut top-bottom edges & cut-page-style "deckle" side-edging, NEW perfect binding w/ gold cloth bands at spine-caps, IMPECCABLE card-stock end-papers BEAUTIFULLY-illustrated in full-color, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on VG unblemished archival paper * 6.50" x 9.50" x 1.25", 0.72 kg, xvi+332 (348) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important & dramatic chapter in the American story: the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to 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 & their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were 3 remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, &, most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through 5 major characters: Cutler & Putnam; Cutler's son Ephraim; & 2 other men, one a carpenter turned architect, & the other a physician who became a prominent pioneer in American science. They & their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping w/ such frontier realities as floods, fires, wolves & bears, no roads or bridges, no guarantees of any sort, all the while negotiating a contentious & sometimes hostile relationship with the native people. Like so many of McCullough's subjects, they let no obstacle deter or defeat them. Drawn in great part from a rare & all-but-unknown collection of diaries & letters by the key figures, "The Pioneers" is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition & courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. This is a revelatory & quintessentially American story, written w/ David McCullough's signature narrative energy. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: David McCullough has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback. His other acclaimed books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, The American Spirit, and The Wright Brothers. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for our posted below-cost additional fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted rates. Seller Inventory # 009501
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