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This new book consists of mini-biographies of 15 Americans who lived during the Antebellum period in American history. Part of The Human Tradition in America series, the anthology paints vivid portraits of the lives of lesser-known Americans. Raisi
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Shuttles of a New Nation: The Private Lives and Public Actions of Ordinary Americans Chapter 2 Abraham Bishop: Teacher, Lawyer, Orator, and Politician Chapter 3 John Wesley Young: Identity and Community among 'the People Called Methodist' Chapter 4 Trotter & Sons: Merchants in the Early West Chapter 5 Hiram Hill: House Carpenter, Lumber Dealer, Self-Made Man Chapter 6 Senator John Smith: The Rise and Fall of a Frontier Entrepreneur Chapter 7 ArsÈne LacarriÈre Latour: Immigrant, Patriot-Historian, and Foreign Agent Chapter 8 Thomas Sidney Jesup: Soldier, Bureaucrat, Gentleman Democrat Chapter 9 John Ross: Cherokee Chief and Defender of the Nation Chapter 10 Peter P. Pitchlynn: Race and Identity in Nineteenth-Century America Chapter 11 Hosea Easton: Forgotten Abolitionist 'Giant' Chapter 12 Laura Wirt Randall: A Woman's Life, 1803-1833 Chapter 13 Rebecca Reed: Anti-Catholic Agitator Chapter 14 Margaret Eaton: The Politics of Gender in Jacksonian America Chapter 15 Benjamin Tappan: Democrat, Scientist, Iconoclast Chapter 16 George Washington Harris: The Fool from the Hills
About the author
Edited by Michael A. Morrison - Contributions by Stephen R. Grossbart; Ruth Alden Doan; Craig Thompson Friend; Gary J. Kornblith; Andrew R. L. Cayton; Gene A. Smith; Samuel J. Watson; Mary Young; Donna L. Akers; George R. Price; Daniel A. Cohen; Anya Jabo
Summary
Consists of mini-biographies of 15 Americans who lived during the Antebellum period in American history. This anthology presents a portrait of the lives of lesser-known Americans.
