Born a slave, died a pioneer : Nathan Harrison and the historical archaeology of legend /
"Few people in the history of the United States embody ideals of the American Dream more than Nathan Harrison. His is a story with prominent themes of overcoming staggering obstacles, forging something-from-nothing, and evincing gritty perseverance. In a lifetime of hard-won progress, Harrison...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn
2020.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1dwq19f |
| Summary: | "Few people in the history of the United States embody ideals of the American Dream more than Nathan Harrison. His is a story with prominent themes of overcoming staggering obstacles, forging something-from-nothing, and evincing gritty perseverance. In a lifetime of hard-won progress, Harrison survived the horrors of slavery in the Antebellum South, endured the mania of the California Gold Rush, and prospered in the rugged chaos of the Wild West. This book uses spectacular recent discoveries from the Nathan Harrison cabin site to offer new insights and perspectives into this most American biography"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781789203486 1789203481 9781789203479 1789203473 9781789204308 1789204305 |