Books of Frontier and pioneer life in literature

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  Understanding O Pioneers! and My Antonia: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

  By Sheryl L. Meyering

  It was in the spring of 1872 that Erick Erickson , Dahle and G.O. Lee and other Norwegians homesteaded at the head of Farmers Creek , while [later several other Norwegians arrived , including two brothers , named Hans and Otto Skjelver ) ...

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  The Story Behind Willa Cather's My Antonia

  By Elizabeth Raum

  The impact of the weather Before coming to Nebraska , many homesteaders had read the 591 - page book by Frederick Goddard titled , Where to Emigrate and Why ... in which Goddard promised " mildly alternating seasons .

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  Wilderness Visions: Science Fiction Westerns, Volume One

  By David Mogen

  The imperialist overtones of this final calculation suggest some of the ironic implications the planetary - colonization theme might have in other contexts , and one has only to turn to a book such as Ray Bradbury's The Martian ...

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  Conrad Richter's America

  By Marvin J. LaHood

  Conrad Richter's America