Boone, Black Hawk, and Crockett in 1833 unsettling the mythic West
Stereotype and synthesis as national compromise : the evolution of the early frontier hero -- Timothy Flint's biographical memoir of Daniel Boone -- Life of Mà-ka-tai-me-she-kià-kiàk, or Black Hawk -- The continuation of Black Hawk's life by J.B. Patterson -- The life and adventures of Col...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Knoxville
University of Tennessee Press
2019
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Boone, Daniel / 1734-1820
> Black Hawk / Sauk chief / 1767-1838
> Crockett, Davy / 1786-1836
> Black Hawk
> Boone, Daniel
> Crockett, David
> Pioneers / United States / Biography
> Indians / Kings and rulers / Biography
> Frontier and pioneer life / United States
> Indians of North America / Wars / 1750-1815
> United States / Territorial expansion
> United States / History / 1815-1861
> Middle West / Biography / History and criticism
> United States / History, Military
> West (U.S.) / Biography / History and criticism
> Biografie
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Stereotype and synthesis as national compromise : the evolution of the early frontier hero -- Timothy Flint's biographical memoir of Daniel Boone -- Life of Mà-ka-tai-me-she-kià-kiàk, or Black Hawk -- The continuation of Black Hawk's life by J.B. Patterson -- The life and adventures of Colonel David Crockett, of west Tennessee -- A selective Crockett chronology, 1833-1836 "This work analyzes, compiles, and annotates three remarkable (and remarkably popular) biographical writings published originally in 1833--Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone, Life of Ma-k-tai-me-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk, and The Life of Col. David Crockett of West Tennessee--in order to show how formative these works were in creating the image of the frontier hero. Lofaro contends that, taken together, these works reinforced ideas about white masculinity, burgeoning capitalism, and American exceptionalism and nationalism in Jacksonian America"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | cv, 478 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781621904861 978-1-6219-0486-1 |