Vanguards of the Frontier
Vanguards of the Frontier

Author: Everett Newfon Dick

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1941-01-01

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13: 9780803250482

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Faith is neither static nor instantaneous. It is not something we stumble upon and instantly understand. Neither is it a monolithic, one-dimensional, singular entity that has but one face, one color, one fragrance. It is many-faceted, multi-dimensional, and appears differently depending on one's angle to the Son. In Finding Faith in Slow Motion, Damon Gray examines faith from myriad angles and through gut-wrenching life experiences, as he asks regarding faith, "What is that stuff?" Spanning the emotional gamut from laughter to tears, Gray challenges us to define our faith and redefine it, to look at it from a multitude of perspectives and define it again. The writing is intentionally evocative and playful, offering the reader the ability to identify with Gray as he wrestles with the weighty subject matter of finding faith.

River Towns in the Great West
River Towns in the Great West

Author: Timothy R. Mahoney

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-02-13

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780521530620

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This book analyzes, with unprecedented breadth and coverage, the development, maturation, growth, and sudden decline of a distinctive, regional urban economic system that developed along the upper Mississippi River north of St. Louis during the middle third of the nineteenth century.

Mormons at the Missouri
Mormons at the Missouri

Author: Richard Edmond Bennett

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780806136158

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The Mormon trek westward from Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley was an enduring accomplishment of American overland trail migration; however, their wintering at the Missouri River near present-day Omaha was a feat of faith and perseverance. Richard E. Bennett presents new facts and ideas that challenge old assumptions—particularly that life on the frontier encouraged American individualism. With an excellent command of primary sources, Bennett assesses the role of women in a pioneer society and the Mormon strategies for survival in a harsh environment as they planned their emigration, coped with internal dissension and Indian agents, and dealt with tribes of the region. This was, says Bennett, “Mormonism in the raw on the way to what it would be later.” Now available in paperback for the first time, with a new introduction by the author, Mormons at the Missouri received the Francis M. and Emily Chipman Award from the Mormon History Association and was honored as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association.

Unruly River
Unruly River

Author: Robert Kelley Schneiders

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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This text takes a long historical view to reconstruct the Missouri Valley environment before Euro-American settlement and then trace the environmental transformations resulting from the development projects of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Shovel Of Stars
Shovel Of Stars

Author: Ted Morgan

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1996-04-10

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 0684814927

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This vivid, panoramic history continues the exciting story begun in Wilderness at Dawn, tracing through the eyes--and adventures--of ordinary people the saga of the settlement of the United States. "Embraces the texture and the drama of the West in all its heartbreak and heroism".--Booklist. Photos & maps.

Arrow Rock
Arrow Rock

Author: Michael Dickey

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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"At the crossroads of America, the town of Arrow Rock was established in Missouri's Boonslick region where Indian traces, the Santa Fe Trail, and the Missouri River converge. Michael Dickey, the site administrator at the Arrow Rock State Historic Site, provides a rich narrative of Arrow Rock's rise in political and economic prowess, its decline after the Civil War, and its rebirth in the twentieth century as a major historic site visited by nearly 200,000 people annually"--From Amazon.com.