Pioneers, The
Americannoun
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But with his latest book, “The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West,” McCullough is seeing some of the sharpest criticism of his career.
From Washington Times • May 15, 2019
When the title of popular-history stalwart David McCullough’s latest book—The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West—was first announced, history Twitter heaved a collective sigh.
From Slate • May 10, 2019
"The Pioneers," "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Prairie," "The Pathfinder," and "The Deerslayer" are among the best of his tales of frontier life.
From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes
"Pioneers, The," 39-44, 61, 65, 72, 117, 156, 239, 287, 291.
From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford
In "The Pioneers," "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Prairie," "The Pathfinder," and "The Deer-slayer" figures the character of Leatherstocking, than whom no fictitious personage has a greater claim to interest.
From A History of English Prose Fiction by Tuckerman, Bayard
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