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Pioneers and preachers:

stories of the old frontier
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Nelson-Hall, 1980 - History - 268 pages
A social history of the American frontier looks at lifestyles, marriage and sex, health and medical practices, manners, the perils of travel, outlaws, vigilantes, and preachers and religion

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User Review  - Karen Linton - Goodreads

Slow read. Feels like Mondy took all his lecture notes and tried to turn them into a book. Doesn't flow well. Read full review

Review: Pioneers & Preachers: Stories of the Old Frontier

User Review  - Richard - Goodreads

An interesting collection of anecdotes about the old American west, organised thematically. Nasty section on "eye gouging", some good stuff on frontier preachers and unusual figures such as Lorenzo ... Read full review

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Contents

Preface vn 1 From Romance to Reality
1
The Hard Life
11
Marriage and Sex
37
Copyright

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TitlePioneers and preachers: stories of the old frontier
AuthorRobert William Mondy
Editionillustrated
PublisherNelson-Hall, 1980
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized17 Sep 2008
ISBN0882296191, 9780882296197
Length268 pages
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Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier and pioneer life/ United States
History / United States / General
History / United States / State & Local / West
History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Rural clergy
Rural clergy/ United States/ History
United States
  
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