| Description |
1 online resource (x, 352 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-346) and index. |
| Contents |
The making of an American frontier -- The arrival of archaeology and the shadow of Lincoln -- Before the Americans -- The Americans -- At home, 1800-1840 -- Under the house, behind the house -- Goods in the forests -- The hole in the map -- A new frontier -- Overlooking wilderness : excavations at Elkhart Hill -- Earthenware at Cotton Hill : the Ebey-Brunk Kiln site -- The origins of a state capital : the Iles Store site -- Moses's Sangamo : relocating a lost town -- Exploring Moses's Sangamo : excavations at Sangamo town -- Lincoln's New Salem : history and archaeology -- Behind Lincoln's New Salem : archaeology and revisionism -- The end of the trail. |
| Summary |
When Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois? Sangamo Country in 1831, he found a pioneer community transforming from a cluster of log houses along an ancient trail to a community of new towns and state roads. But two of the towns vanished in a matter of years, and many of the activities and lifestyles that shaped them were almost entirely forgotten. In The Sangamo Frontier, archaeologist Robert Mazrim unearths the buried history of this early American community, breathing new life into a region that still rests in Lincoln?s shadow. Named after a shallow river that cuts through the prairies of centr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Illinois -- Springfield.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
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Illinois -- Springfield. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Illinois -- Springfield Region. |
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Springfield (Ill.) -- Antiquities.
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Historic sites -- Illinois -- Springfield.
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Historic sites. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Illinois -- Springfield.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Archaeology and history -- Illinois -- Springfield.
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Archaeology and history. |
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois -- Springfield.
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
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Springfield (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Springfield (Ill.) -- History, Local.
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Sangamon River Valley (Ill.) -- History, Local.
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Local history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mazrim, Robert. Sangamo frontier. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007 0226514242 9780226514246 (DLC) 2006018787 (OCoLC)70131094 |
| ISBN |
9780226514239 (electronic book) |
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0226514234 (electronic book) |
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1281965936 |
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9781281965936 |
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0226514242 |
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0226514250 |
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9780226514246 |
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9780226514253 |
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