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What does the road west look like when you follow the people who walk it?
In The Way to the West, and the Lives of Three Early Americans, Emerson Hough follows Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Kit Carson. Their lives mark different stages of America's westward movement, from the Appalachians toward the Pacific. Hunters, settlers and guides cross difficult ground, facing hardship and conflict along the way.
Boone finds a path through the mountains. Crockett carries his backwoods experience into politics. Carson moves from trapping to guiding in the far Southwest. Hough puts these men within a larger story of ordinary people on the move. His account admires pioneer courage, but its treatment of Native peoples reflects the views of his own time.
What you’ll discover
- Boone among the mountains Follow a hunter drawn to the forest as he finds a way through the mountains.
- The cost of settlement See Kentucky's threatened forts and the Native peoples fighting to keep their hunting grounds.
- Crockett beyond the backwoods Meet a bear hunter with little schooling who survives by his wits and enters politics.
- Carson across the plains Travel beyond the Mississippi with a trapper who becomes a guide to the far Southwest.
- The pioneer at the center Explore Hough's belief that ordinary pioneers, rather than soldiers or statesmen, drive the movement west.
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This book suits readers who like American history told through vivid lives, and anyone curious about Boone, Crockett and Carson. It is less suited to those who want a modern, balanced account of Native peoples, since Hough writes with the views of his own time.
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- The West was opened by common people
- Daniel Boone finds the way through the mountains
- Boone's hardships show the price of settlement
- Davy Crockett turns a backwoods life into fame
- Kit Carson belongs to the far plains and mountains
- Hough's view and how to read it today
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Der Weg nach Westen und das Leben dreier früher Amerikaner
by Emerson Hough· 1903
Three frontier lives trace the movement of settlers westward.
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The West was opened by common people
Hough's starting point is a simple claim. The great movement west was not planned in capitals or won only by armies. It was carried forward by hunters, trappers, traders and farm families who wanted land, game and a fresh start. Each wave pushed a little beyond the last, and the settled country behind it filled up.
He pictures this as a long road with stages. First came the long hunters and scouts, who went ahead alone or in small parties. After them came the families with wagons and livestock, and then the towns, courts and governments. The three men of his title are chosen because each belongs to a different stage of this march.
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Emerson Hough
1857–1923 · American Western novelist
Emerson Hough was an American writer born in Newton, Iowa, in 1857. He worked as a journalist and lived in Chicago. He wrote novels and nonfiction about the American West. His books include The Mississippi Bubble, published in 1902, and The Covered Wagon, published in 1922. He died in Evanston, Illinois, in 1923.
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What is The Way to the West by Emerson Hough about?
It is a popular history of America's westward expansion. Hough tells the story through the lives of Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Kit Carson, each of whom represents a different stage of the push from the Appalachians toward the far West.
Is The Way to the West a true story?
Yes, it is nonfiction history and biography, written early in the twentieth century. Hough draws on the accounts then available, and he writes in a lively style, so some details reflect the legends and views of his own day.
Who were Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Kit Carson?
Boone was a hunter and scout who helped open Kentucky. Crockett was a Tennessee frontiersman, soldier and congressman. Carson was a mountain man, guide and scout in the Rockies and Southwest. All three became national figures.
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