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- catalog abstract "This account of the author's journey proceeds from his birthplace in Broken Bow, Nebraska, eastward across the Midwest to New York State and back into time as he carries out genealogical research on his family. His findings along the way give rise to diverse reflections, from courthouse architecture to the financial and social stresses of "proving up" land claims. The reader becomes a traveling companion, a party to fascinating and thought-provoking discourse on the. History that is our common heritage, as well as the stages of birth, growth, individual life, death, and then attenuation in the memory of our descendants. Genealogy may be the folk ancestor worship of Americans, and Luther leads us gracefully to an understanding of what we can learn from such a practice, and why it can satisfy an important need. This book is a pleasant reminder that what we term a "familiar essay" still has its able practitioners, and therefore retains. Its power to please and to instruct.".
- catalog contributor b4815262.
- catalog coverage "Middle West Genealogy.".
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "History that is our common heritage, as well as the stages of birth, growth, individual life, death, and then attenuation in the memory of our descendants. Genealogy may be the folk ancestor worship of Americans, and Luther leads us gracefully to an understanding of what we can learn from such a practice, and why it can satisfy an important need. This book is a pleasant reminder that what we term a "familiar essay" still has its able practitioners, and therefore retains.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Its power to please and to instruct.".
- catalog description "This account of the author's journey proceeds from his birthplace in Broken Bow, Nebraska, eastward across the Midwest to New York State and back into time as he carries out genealogical research on his family. His findings along the way give rise to diverse reflections, from courthouse architecture to the financial and social stresses of "proving up" land claims. The reader becomes a traveling companion, a party to fascinating and thought-provoking discourse on the.".
- catalog extent "152 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Cottonwood roots.".
- catalog identifier "0803229062 (cl. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Cottonwood roots.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press,".
- catalog relation "Cottonwood roots.".
- catalog spatial "Middle West Genealogy.".
- catalog spatial "Middle West.".
- catalog subject "929/.2/0973 20".
- catalog subject "CS71.L973 1993".
- catalog subject "Country life Middle West.".
- catalog subject "Frontier and pioneer life Middle West.".
- catalog subject "Luther family.".
- catalog title "Cottonwood roots / Kem Luther.".
- catalog type "Genealogy. fast".
- catalog type "text".