| Main Title |
The Housatonic : Puritan river / |
| Author |
Smith, Chard Powers,
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Rinehart, |
| Year Published |
1946 |
| OCLC Number |
29438512 |
| Subjects |
Housatonic River (Mass and Conn) ;
Housatonic River Valley (Mass and Conn) ;
United States--Housatonic River ;
United States--Housatonic River Valley ;
Geschichte ;
Siedlung ;
Housatonic-River-Gebiet
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| Additional Subjects |
Housatonic river ;
Housatonic valley
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELBM FIN |
F102.H7S5 1946 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
01/01/1988 |
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| Collation |
x, 532 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-522) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Argument : Puritan river -- Prologue : The promised land: The first billion and a half years ; Heathen in the land ; The Lord's scouts -- I. The land and the Lord (1639-1671): The first two tribes (1639-1657) ; The next seven tribes (1655-1743) ; The end of the heathen ; The tenth tribe: Stockbridge (1734-1758) ; The land filled (1737-1761) -- II. Liberty (1760-1820): Independence ; Born free and equal ; Liberty and the land ; Liberties with the Lord ; Miscellanea and portents -- III. Strange gods (1820-1870): Of stone and iron ; Their brothers' keepers ; The Lord's prophets ; The falling of the idols -- IV. The devil's rear-guard action (1869-1929): Tally-ho crescendo ; Fifth-column culture ; Puritan retreat ; Tally-ho: diminuendo -- V. The land repromised (1920-1946): The latter-day prophets ; Settlement with the devil ; Baedeker in a canoe. |
