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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 6: fiction I — Brown, Cooper. (search)
here was thus produced the panorama of the American frontier which, because of Cooper's incomparable fusion of strangeness and reality, at once became and has remained the classic record of an heroic age. He wrote more border tales before his death. Wyandotte (1843) deals largely with the siege of a blockhouse near the upper Susquehanna, and The Oak-Openings (1848), the fruit of a journey which he made to the West in 1847, is a tale of bee hunting and Indian fighting on the shores of Lake Michigan. Full of border material, too, is the trilogy of Littlepage manuscripts, Satanstoe (1845), The Chainbearer (1846), and The Redskins (1846). Having tried the autobiographical method with Miles Wallingford in Afloat and ashore, Cooper now repeated it through three generations of a New York family. In the last he involved himself unduly in the question of antirentism and produced a book both fantastic and dull; the second is better by one of Cooper's most powerful figures, the squatter T
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
ations led to talk of a railway to California. George Wilkes published in 1845 a volume now rare, Project of a national railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, for the purpose of obtaining a short route to Oregon. In 1848, Asa Whitney made addresses, memorials, and petitions for a transcontinental railway, and he gave his plan in a Congressional document, Miscellaneous 28, Senate, 30th Congress I: Memorial of Asa Whitney for grants of land to enable him to build a railway from Lake Michigan to the Pacific. Whitney issued a volume in the same line, from personal exploration: Project for a railroad to the Pacific with reports and other facts relating Thereto (1849). No one was more enthusiastic or confident of the feasibility of a railway than Fremont, unless it was his father-in-law, Benton. They were both positive that neither rivers, nor hot deserts, nor the deep mountain snows of winter would interfere seriously with the operation of trains. Fremont projected his fo
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (search)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois a city of 250,000 pop., on Lake Michigan and Chicago River. The great Metropolis of the North-western States. Railroads centre here from all points, making it the great central depot for the shipment of the various products of the West to the Eastern markets, by way of the Lakes and through lines of Railroad. It is the largest grain market in the world, and is also extensively engaged in beef and pork packing and lumber trade. The Lake commerce is very extensive. The largest city in the State.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois (search)
Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois a town of 6,000 pop., on Lake Michigan, 35 miles from Chicago, and 50 miles from Milwaukee. A place of active trade, having considerable Lake commerce. Steamboats make regular trips from here to various Lake ports. The Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad passes through here.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois (search)
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois a town of 11,000 pop., on the Galena Division of the Chicago & North-western Railroad, 92 miles from Chicago. A branch railroad connects with Dixon and another with Kenosha on Lake Michigan. It has abundant water power, and is extensively engaged in manufacturing.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Indiana, Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana (search)
Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana a town of 3,320* pop., on Lake Michigan and the Michigan Central Railroad, at the Northern terminus of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad, 91 miles from Lafayette.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Michigan, Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan (search)
Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan a town of 4,000 pop., on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of Manistee River, about 80 miles from Grand Haven.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Michigan, Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan (search)
Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan a town of 1,664* pop., on Lake Superior, at the terminus of the Peninsular Railroad, which extends to Esconaba on Lake Michigan. Important iron mines are located here.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Michigan, Pent water, Oceana County, Michigan (search)
Pent water, Oceana County, Michigan a town of 2,500 pop., on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of Pent Water River, about 42 miles from Grand Haven.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Michigan, Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan (search)
Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan a town of 3,725 pop., at the mouth of Grand River, on Lake Michigan. It has a fine harbor. The Chicago and Milwaukee steamers touch here daily. The terminus of the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad, 189 miles from Detroit.
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