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Three major themes-immigration, pioneering, and preservation of the Union-provide unity for the biographical sketches in this book. There is also sufficient diversity to sustain interest. One does not have to read far to realize that female perspectives provide authenticity at every significant turn of the story. That story involves the people who, during the middle years of the nineteenth century, transformed the virgin prairie of central Iowa into farms that now feed the world.
The first wave of pioneers tended to be Yankees who settled near the rivers, many of whom moved on with the advancing frontier. Then came the foreigners, most of them west coast Norwegians who started coming to Iowa in the mid 1850s via Illinois and stayed put. Many of the biographies are about these Norwegian families and how they learned to be Americans while building cabins, breaking sod, having children, and founding schools and churches.
While the frontier process was still playing out, the institution of slavery and the election of Abraham Lincoln disrupted the American democracy. Central Iowans of all backgrounds rallied to the president's call to arms. Some of the biographies are about people who came to the United States from Norway, carved farms out of the prairie, and made sacrifices at the front and at home to preserve the Union. Some of the best sections are about the interactions of people of diverse backgrounds while going through similar experiences.
The goal here is to present Nehemias Tjernagel's biographies accurately and in a format that people of the twenty-first century will find readable and informative.
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Della Cooley
reviewed The Passing Of The Prairie By A Fossil on July 08, 2014 The Passing Of The Prairie By A Fossil
This book is exactly the reason that I love Non Fiction - because this is a real story. It's true. And while the details might have to be fleshed out from letters and documents of a bygone era, it doesn't change the fact that Nathan Bedford Forrest was a remarkable man.
If you are a student of the Civil War or a resident of the deep South, you have probably heard Forrest's name. Most notably it is connected with a massacre of Black troops at Fort Pillow and as First Grand Wizard of the KKK. But even those details cannot be taken at face value of what we understand them to be today. Forrest was one of the greatest American Cavalrymen to ever ride a horse. Although untrained in military methods, Forrest had an uncanny ability to make the most of any situation - even when vastly outnumbered. His name invoked fear in the hearts of the Union soldiers.
There is so much more to Forrest's story than his Civil War service - and even a surprise and unexpected ending. Looking back on his life, the author fleshes out a Forrest that is unseen by many because the world is too busy trying to define him by atrocities which may or may not have been his fault. It's an eye opening account.
I personally grew up in the Midwest, and had a very scant education on the details of the Civil War. In teaching my children about the history of this country, I have gained my own unexpected passion for this conflict, and have enjoyed the opportunity to learn about the many amazing men that have fought on both sides - some whose names I never even knew. Forrest is one of these. I have very much enjoyed learning about his life, and the war in the west.
Recommend for: Students of the Civil War.
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