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American Tapestry: Portrait of a "Middling" Family, 1746-1934

Pat Speth Sherman

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Description:Pat Speth Sherman tells the true stories of regular Americans who, since the colonial period and continuing to this day, have filled positions on the foundational democratic institutions that have the most direct effect on our daily lives. Spanning the years between 1746 and 1934, and unfolding in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Missouri and Mexico, American Tapestry is a ride through American history in the company of the author’s family of local community leaders. Today, the family would belong to the middle class—financially stable men and women who often volunteer on school boards, city councils, and service organizations. In their day, the family members were farmers, wheelwrights, millwrights, teachers, engineers and businessmen. In public affairs they served as overseers of the roads, overseers of the poor, school board members, city councilors, county officials and state legislators. In wars they marched as foot soldiers and in times of peace they were officers in local militias. Neither privileged nor oppressed, the family members were the middle men who stood between the “struggling masses” and political, industrial, and military leaders. Because the family members consistently fulfilled this societal role for two centuries, their saga partially fills an underrepresented and fundamental piece of the American story.American Tapestry is also a story about the author’s journey of discovery through America’s past. She re-visits a history of Euro-Americans’ evolving relationship with the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) people. She recounts episodes of xenophobic attacks by nativist newspaper editors. She tells engaging tales about the men who built America’s first great transportation system. She explores the sad story of exploitation of child laborers in Pennsylvania’s coal mines during the industrial revolution.While American Tapestry surveys a broad range of American history it is not a comprehensive account of the entire American experience. Yet with its long chronological focus on one family in localized settings, it richly personifies the American past and offers a fresh perspective on well-known events and significant historical transformations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Tapestry: Portrait of a "Middling" Family, 1746-1934. To get started finding American Tapestry: Portrait of a "Middling" Family, 1746-1934, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Luminare Press

Release: 2021

ISBN: 164388672X

Description: Pat Speth Sherman tells the true stories of regular Americans who, since the colonial period and continuing to this day, have filled positions on the foundational democratic institutions that have the most direct effect on our daily lives. Spanning the years between 1746 and 1934, and unfolding in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Missouri and Mexico, American Tapestry is a ride through American history in the company of the author’s family of local community leaders. Today, the family would belong to the middle class—financially stable men and women who often volunteer on school boards, city councils, and service organizations. In their day, the family members were farmers, wheelwrights, millwrights, teachers, engineers and businessmen. In public affairs they served as overseers of the roads, overseers of the poor, school board members, city councilors, county officials and state legislators. In wars they marched as foot soldiers and in times of peace they were officers in local militias. Neither privileged nor oppressed, the family members were the middle men who stood between the “struggling masses” and political, industrial, and military leaders. Because the family members consistently fulfilled this societal role for two centuries, their saga partially fills an underrepresented and fundamental piece of the American story.American Tapestry is also a story about the author’s journey of discovery through America’s past. She re-visits a history of Euro-Americans’ evolving relationship with the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) people. She recounts episodes of xenophobic attacks by nativist newspaper editors. She tells engaging tales about the men who built America’s first great transportation system. She explores the sad story of exploitation of child laborers in Pennsylvania’s coal mines during the industrial revolution.While American Tapestry surveys a broad range of American history it is not a comprehensive account of the entire American experience. Yet with its long chronological focus on one family in localized settings, it richly personifies the American past and offers a fresh perspective on well-known events and significant historical transformations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Tapestry: Portrait of a "Middling" Family, 1746-1934. To get started finding American Tapestry: Portrait of a "Middling" Family, 1746-1934, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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