| The Lincoln Douglass Debates Contributor(s): Sparks, Edwin Erle (Author) |
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ISBN: 1453745637 ISBN-13: 9781453745632 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.49 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stump Speaking- As the American people pushed their way across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the thin edge of advancing civilization was known as the frontier. It was made up of courageous spirits who subdued the Indians, drove the French and Spanish from their pathway, slew the wild beasts, felled the forests, built their log cabins, and planted their fields. Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett belonged to these hardy people. Cut off from the comforts and privileges which they had enjoyed before migrating to the West, these people resorted to various makeshifts to supply their needs. They used Indian moccasins on their feet, and coonskin caps on their heads. Lacking newspapers, they learned the issues of the political campaigns by assembling to hear the candidates who, in turn, mounted the stump of a felled tree in the streets of the frontier town and from that forum addressed the voters. |