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- 13002622 abstract "This first-person narrative of a pioneer boyhood is intended as a tribute to the author's parents, who emigrated to Dearborn, Michigan, from Putnam County, New York in 1834. William Nowlin describes his father's frustration with subsistence on a small, debt-ridden fruit farm and his mother's anguish at leaving her friends, church, and relatives. He recounts the family's adventurous journey on the Erie Canal, the dangers of a public house in Buffalo, the perils of their steamship voyage across Lake Erie during a storm, and the trials of establishing a new home. Wishing to memorialize the challenges of converting wilderness into what he sees as a prosperous and civilized community, Nowlin describes building roads, clearing the land, building a home, fishing and hunting, handling cattle, and warding off mosquitoes, snakes, and wild animals, all in careful detail. He remembers uneasy relations between the white community and Native Americans, and discusses the social, legal, and moral complexities of dealing with the fugitive slaves and free African Americans who flowed back and forth across the Canadian border in search of freedom or job opportunities. Nowlin is conscious of the impact of modern technology, especially the railroads, and discusses both what was raised on the family farm and where and how it was marketed. He describes his father's long-range strategies to enhance the family's material welfare, and shows how family members collaborated as an economic unit.".
- 13002622 alternative "Back in the woods again".
- 13002622 alternative "Bark covered house".
- 13002622 contributor B501047.
- 13002622 coverage "Dearborn (Mich.) History.".
- 13002622 created "1876.".
- 13002622 date "1876".
- 13002622 date "1876.".
- 13002622 dateCopyrighted "1876.".
- 13002622 description "This first-person narrative of a pioneer boyhood is intended as a tribute to the author's parents, who emigrated to Dearborn, Michigan, from Putnam County, New York in 1834. William Nowlin describes his father's frustration with subsistence on a small, debt-ridden fruit farm and his mother's anguish at leaving her friends, church, and relatives. He recounts the family's adventurous journey on the Erie Canal, the dangers of a public house in Buffalo, the perils of their steamship voyage across Lake Erie during a storm, and the trials of establishing a new home. Wishing to memorialize the challenges of converting wilderness into what he sees as a prosperous and civilized community, Nowlin describes building roads, clearing the land, building a home, fishing and hunting, handling cattle, and warding off mosquitoes, snakes, and wild animals, all in careful detail. He remembers uneasy relations between the white community and Native Americans, and discusses the social, legal, and moral complexities of dealing with the fugitive slaves and free African Americans who flowed back and forth across the Canadian border in search of freedom or job opportunities. Nowlin is conscious of the impact of modern technology, especially the railroads, and discusses both what was raised on the family farm and where and how it was marketed. He describes his father's long-range strategies to enhance the family's material welfare, and shows how family members collaborated as an economic unit.".
- 13002622 extent "3 p.l., [xi]-xiv, [15]-250 p.".
- 13002622 format "s".
- 13002622 hasFormat "Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.".
- 13002622 identifier lhbum.02622.
- 13002622 isFormatOf "Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.".
- 13002622 issued "1876".
- 13002622 issued "1876.".
- 13002622 language "eng".
- 13002622 publisher "Detroit, Printed for the author,".
- 13002622 relation "Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.".
- 13002622 spatial "Dearborn (Mich.) History.".
- 13002622 spatial "Michigan Dearborn.".
- 13002622 subject "F574.D2 N9".
- 13002622 subject "Frontier and pioneer life Michigan Dearborn.".
- 13002622 subject "Nowlin, William, 1821-1884.".
- 13002622 title "Back in the woods again".
- 13002622 title "Bark covered house".
- 13002622 title "The bark covered house, or Back in the woods again; being a graphic and thrilling description of real pioneer life in the wilderness of Michigan ... By William Nowlin, esq.".
- 13002622 type "text".