The Pioneers

Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and 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 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 Cutler s 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 McCullough s subjects, they let no obstacle deter or defeat them. Read The Pioneers By David McCullough – kino-fada.fr The summer is heating up school is finally out, and for me that means reading a variety of books about Americana and what makes the country a great place to live I have lived in Ohio for nearly twelve years and admittedly know little about the state s history besides the unit my kids study in fourth grade social studies They do have an excellent teacher, but what they study in grammar school barely scratches the surface of Ohio history When I found out that master American storyteller David The summer is heating up school is finally out, and for me that means reading a variety of books about Americana and what makes the country a great place to live I have lived in Ohio for nearly twelve years and admittedly know little about the state s history besides the unit my kids study in fourth grade social studies They do have an excellent teacher, but what they study in grammar school barely scratches the surface of Ohio history When I found out that master American storyteller David McCullough had written a new book detailing the earliest settlers in Ohio, I knew that his book would be one of the highlights of my summer As with other McCullough books I have read, I was not disappointed I may be a tad biased when I say that no one relates history better than David McCullough He may not be as in depth as some of the oth...2.5 There were parts I enjoyed, but parts that were flitting all over the place I have been to Marietta, many times Love it there, so it was interesting to see how it was named Also the settling of parts of the country I had never read before Strange to think that when my state, Illinois was admitted into the union in 1818, the total population was only 36,000 Enjoyed the ending parts with John Quincy Adams, that was touching As a cohesive whole though, I found it lacking There were so ma 2.5 There were parts I enjoyed, but parts that were flitting all over the place I have been to Marietta, many times Love it there, so it was interesting to see how it was named Also the settling of parts of the country I had never read before Strange to think that when my state, Illinois was admitted into the union in 1818, the total population was only 36,000 Enjoyed the ending parts with John Quincy...This book is infuriating The fact that books that are so blatantly offensive towards Indigenous people can still be published in 2019 is disgusting This book ignores decades of scholarship by Native and allied historians of the region in favor of nationalist propaganda Skip this and read Susan Sleeper Smith s book Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest instead, which covers the Ohio River valley in a similar time period and argues that far from being a primeval wilderness, this region This book is infuriating The fact that books that are so blatantly offensive towards Indigenous people can still be published in 2019 is disgusting This book ignores decades of scholarship by Native and allied historians of the region in favor of nationalist propaganda Skip this and read Susan Sleeper Smith s book Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest instead, which covers the Ohio River valley in a similar time period and argues that far from being a primeval wilderness, this region was actually a thriving center of Indigenous prosperity and that is exactly why Americans wanted to colonize it Some quotes from just the description and first chapter They and their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping with such frontier realities as floods, fires, wolves and b...Going into this book with little information, I picked it up based on the merits of David McCullough s earlier books From the start, I was immediately struck by its excessive quantity of detail, the multitude of individuals referred to and that the prose did not flow well I went to Simon Schuster s book website, searching for clarity Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story the settling of the Northwest Territ Going into this book with little information, I picked it up based on the merits of David McCullough s earlier books From the start, I was immediately struck by its excessive quantity of detail, the multitude of individuals referred to and that the prose did not flow well I went to Simon Schuster s book website, searching for clarity Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and 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,...David McCullough is one of my favorite historians He won two Pulitzer Prizes in 1993 and 2002 for his biographies of Truman and John Adams The book starts out discussing the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, but the majority of the book follows a number of families who settle the North Bank of the Ohio River The book is well writing and researched McCullough provides an excellent description of the Ohio River, forests and mountains of the west The time frame of the book is from 1787 to about 186 David McCullough is one of my favorite historians He won two Pulitzer Prizes in 1993 and 2002 for his biographies of Truman and John Adams The book starts out discussing the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, but the majority of the book follows a number of families who settle the North Bank of the Ohio River The book is well writing and researched McCullough provides an excelle...David McCullough always writes appealing books and this one read from an eARC provided by Edelweiss does not disappoint I ve always learned from his books but this one was on a subject that I was not at all acquainted with the first American settlements in the Ohio territory I knew that the Ohio territory was the first west that Americans went flocking to but no other details and I even ended up hauling out an atlas so I could figure out where exactly these first pioneers settled Unlike David McCullough always writes appealing books and this one read from an eARC provided by Edelweiss does not disappoint I ve always learned from his books but this one was on a subject that I was not at all acquainted with the first American settlements in the Ohio territory I knew that the Ohio territory was the first west that Americans went flocking to but no other details and I even ended up hauling out an atlas so I could figure out where exactly these first pioneers settled Unlike his wonderful stories of American icons such as Truman and John Adams, his main characters are for the most part unknown to us although they live on in state and town history Most of th...It s always a treat to have a new David McCullough book In The Pioneers, he tells the story of the early settlers of the Ohio River Valley, from those who first moved to the frontier and broke land to those who created communities and governing bodies While the story he tells is specific, focusing on particular families and the region that is now Marietta, Ohio, it gave me a great sense of the changes and movements of those early years of 19th century America and how they were linked to our It s always a treat to have a new David McCullough book In The Pioneers, he tells the story of the early settlers of the Ohio River Valley, from those who first moved to the frontier and broke land to those who created communities and governing bodies While the story he tells is specific, focusing on particular families and the region that is now Marietta, Ohio, it gav...David McCullough is a master storyteller and it shows in The Pioneers The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West While it may not be as great as John Adams or Truman it is nonetheless a great story that provides insight into a part of American history that I knew little about.It covers the 1787 1863 time period and is the story of the settling of the Northwest Territory The area containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin The s David McCullough is a master storyteller and it shows in The Pioneers The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West While it may not be as great as John Adams or Truman it is nonetheless a great story that provides insight into a part of American history that I knew little about.It covers the 1787 1863 time period and is the story of the settling of the Northwest Territory The area containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin The story is told through five main characters a Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler, his son Ephraim, Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam, Dr Samuel Hildreth, and Joseph Barker Reverend Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in getting the Northwest Ordinance passed The ordinance opened this territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement and there were three conditions freedom of religion, free universal education, and the prohibition of slavery....Unfortunately, especially in this day and age, people want their beliefs and their political messages rhetoric justified in every book they read or don t read for that matter The reviews ratings for this book will surely reflect that, since revisiting well known early Americans and their roles in Native American treatment and slavery are hot topics today Westward expansion hits on both topics.McCullough has never pandered to this political crowd on either side , and this book is no differen Unfortunately, especially in this day and age, people want their beliefs and their political messages rhetoric justified in every book they read or don t read for that matter The reviews ratings for this book will surely reflect that, since revisiting well known early Americans and their roles in Native American treatment and slavery are hot topics today Westward expansion hits on both topics.McCullough has never pandered to this political crowd on either side , and this book is no different Anyone wh...

• 27 April 2018
David McCullough
• Hardcover
• 352 pages
• 1501168681
• David McCullough
• The Pioneers