Sangamo Frontier

Name: Sangamo Frontier
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History and Archaeology in the Shadow of Lincoln

Автор: Robert Mazrim

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: The University of Chicago Press

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When Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois' Sangamo Country in 1831, he found a pioneer community transf...

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Автор

Robert Mazrim

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2006

страници

344

EAN

9780226514253

ISBN

0226514250

Enbook ID

04547336

Издател

The University of Chicago Press

Теглоt

548

Размери

157 x 229 x 22

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When Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois' Sangamo Country in 1831, he found a pioneer community transforming from a cluster of log houses along an ancient trail to a community of new towns and state roads. But two of the towns vanished in a matter of years, and many of the activities and lifestyles that shaped them were almost entirely forgotten. In "The Sangamo Frontier," archaeologist Robert Mazrim unearths the buried history of this early American community, breathing new life into a region that still rests in Lincoln's shadow. Named after a shallow river that cuts through the prairies of central Illinois, the Sangamo Country--an area that now encompasses the capital city of Springfield and present-day Sangamon County--was first colonized after the War of 1812. For the past fifteen years, Mazrim has conducted dozens of excavations there, digging up pieces of pioneer life, from hand-forged iron and locally made crockery to pewter spoons and Staffordshire teacups. And here, in beautifully illustrated stories of each dig, he shows how each of these small artifacts can teach us something about the lifestyles of people who lived on the frontier nearly two hundred years ago. Allowing us to see past the changed modern landscape and the cliches of pioneer history, Mazrim deftly uses his findings to portray the homes, farms, taverns, and pottery shops where Lincoln's neighbors once lived and worked. Drawing readers into the thrill of discovery, "The Sangamo Frontier" inaugurates a new kind of archaeological history that both enhances and challenges our written history. It imbues today's landscape with an authentic ghostliness that will reawaken the curiosity of anyone interested in the forgotten people and places that helped shape our nation.

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