{"product_id":"the-pioneer-settlers-unsung-heroes-of-our-past","title":"The Pioneer Settlers: Unsung Heroes of Our Past","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a composite of first-hand accounts supplemented by select historical writings, and conveys a very readable and non-political history of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart One  THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Colonial Army lacked training, uniforms, and equipment of every type, and were set against highly-trained British soldiers and their allies, the Hessians, in numbers upwards of five times their own. They desperately needed outside help, and in due time after it became apparent that the Patriots were capable of winning their independence, the government of France began sending soldiers, and armaments; as well as naval power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington learned by experience that assistance during the war extended beyond material needs, when later he wrote: \"The power and goodness of the Almighty were strongly manifest in the events of our late glorious Revolution.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Young Soldier's  similar experience, in battle: \"We hope that Providence comes to our aid again.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart Two THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"That Territory Northwest of the River Ohio\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We were not going to be confined to that\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elittle strip of land along the coast.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSettlements began advancing into villages, and other than small streams to float produce in homemade craft to market, citizens became essentially land-locked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Steamboat, the Erie Canal, the Ohio Canals, the National Road and the Steam Locomotive; each in its own time, breathed new life and hope into the Country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecalling one of those spans of time, a citizen in Chillicothe told of a favorite topic for villagers: \"Everyone devised some well thought-out plan for 'when the Canal's built.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe writers' narratives are engagingly informative; often are quite picturesque, and at times are solemnly revealing. The bravery of L. Boke in early to mid-1800s (in w. central Ohio): \"How we struggled to overcome the dense, ominous, wet, silent forest, the streamlets, the solitude. Just we two against time, need and trees.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe heroism at Lockport, N.Y. \"It took two years to cut a flight of double locks through a solid rock ridge.\" (\"Erie's water is coming through!\")\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow very natural many were, in acknowledging \u003cem\u003eProvidence\u003c\/em\u003e in a variety of circumstances: E. Watson: \"Considering the valley of the Hudson River, and the east-west pathway through the mountains...the argument was hard to counter that this was indeed a Divinely created pathway.\" E. Hulbert: \u003cem\u003eThe Ohio River,\u003c\/em\u003e \"With a lavish Hand, these waters were thrown where they would count magnificently toward the building of a new Republic...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHartley's and Hall's \u003cem\u003eDaniel Boone:\u003c\/em\u003e Theywrote of a good man, independent, intrepid, yet responsible. Undaunted by Britain's 'Acts' to subdue the Colonists, Boone forged along into the heart of the 'wilds' of Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJ. Hall:  An endearing life-like tribute to the Bark Canoe, he described it as an essential companion for the explorers of the great Northern Frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW. Irving: \"Washington was in the saddle riding about a broken, woody and half-wild country; forming posts...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(A view of Manhattan, during the War's dire straits.)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46700824264914,"sku":"e309080b-1638-38a6-a40d-6df8f66844a9","price":6.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_ecf57256-002a-4884-b222-ba235aa36f72.jpg?v=1768949400","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/the-pioneer-settlers-unsung-heroes-of-our-past","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}