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Title: Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie by John MacK Faragher ISBN: 0-300-04263-9 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: March, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Rural History in America
Comment: John Faragher brings the fascinating story about the rural American community to life with the story of "Sugar Creek." Personally, I enjoyed reading the book on rural history, but sometimes I had to simply skip a couples pages (once and a while) that covered on the Genealogy of the settlers. The book takes place in Sangamon County, IL and is a great book on local history. Faragher tries to stay true to this introduction and writes an elegant masterpiece on local history with the little resources he can find. A changeling book to write and a nice change from reading history of urban America. It is nicely organized with chapters and I felt very comfortable reading it (with a large size font and easy to high-lighted).
Rating: 5
Summary: Faragher Brings it all to Life
Comment: John Mack Faragher has brought the central Illinois frontier prairie to life in his "Sugar Creek". In the style of Michener, he begins by offering an early picture of the landscape and its earliest inhabitants. His grasp on historical happenings will stay with me forever especially with regard to how these earliest European settlers of Sangamon County, IL, moved right into the Native American's maple sugar manufacturing operation, soon after they had been killed or moved out. So much for our preconceived ideas of "Virgin Land and Untouched Prairies".
I've lived near that area all my life and can claim some of these old timers who settled the Sugar Creek area as my ancestors. So through his excellent writing I can now appreciate a little more what life was like long ago for those who came before. It is with gratitude that I thank Mr. Faragher for this well written work and am recommending it to anyone I come across with ties to the area or just an interest in frontier life in general. Julie Clark Close
Rating: 2
Summary: Hard to Believe
Comment: I really enjoy Midwestern History, and I like to read as much as I can about the topic. Sugar Creek in my opinion, was rather difficult to believe - I'm not sure what it was, but as I read through it, I found myself questioning the credibility.
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Title: Richard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago by Roger Biles ISBN: 0875805663 Publisher: Northern Illinois Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness (Prairie State Books) by Paul M. Angle, John Y. Simon ISBN: 0252062337 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref) Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800 by Mary Beth Norton ISBN: 0801483476 Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Making a New Deal : Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939 by Lizabeth Cohen ISBN: 0521428386 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 25 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: A New England Town: The First Hundred Years: Dedhan, Massachusetts, 1636-1736 by Kenneth A. Lockridge ISBN: 0393954595 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 1985 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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