The Frontier State, 1818-1848
The Frontier State, 1818-1848

Author: Theodore Calvin Pease

Publisher:

Published: 1918

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13:

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State history at its best, the book still enlightens students of the early nineteenth century, not only about Illinois's experience during those dynamic years but about that of America as well. The Frontier State is the story of America's, as it is of Illinois's, coming of age.

Frontier Illinois
Frontier Illinois

Author: James E. Davis

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2000-08-22

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 9780253214065

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In this major new history of the making of the state, Davis tells a sweeping story of Illinois, from the Ice Age to the eve of the Civil War.

A History of Illinois
A History of Illinois

Author: Thomas Ford

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780252021404

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Black Hawk War and his writings on the slavery controversy in the state, the murder of Elijah Lovejoy, and the larger issues of violence and vigilantism in the Jacksonian America of which Ford was a part help show why this volume has been called the outstanding early survey of Illinois history. His young associate Abraham Lincoln was one of many early Illinois politicians Ford believed to be guilty of irresponsible behavior as members of the Illinois General Assembly.