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RECORD NUMBER: 1628 OF 1785Main Title | The Housatonic : Puritan river / | |||||||||||
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Author | Smith, Chard Powers, | |||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Housatonic river ; Housatonic valley | |||||||||||
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Collation | x, 532 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-522) and index. |
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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. |