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The Health of the Country : How American Settlers Understood Themselves and
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The Health of the Country : How American Settlers Understood Themselves and Their Land Paperback - 2004

by Valencius, Conevery Bolton, Valencius, Conevery

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  • Title The Health of the Country : How American Settlers Understood Themselves and Their Land
  • Author Valencius, Conevery Bolton, Valencius, Conevery
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Trade Pape
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 388
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books
  • Date 2004-08-06
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 14345086-6
  • ISBN 9780465089871 / 0465089879
  • Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.16 x 5.38 x 0.81 in (20.73 x 13.67 x 2.06 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Geographic Orientation: Arkansas
    • Geographic Orientation: Missouri
  • Library of Congress subjects Medical geography - Arkansas - History -, Medical geography - Missouri - History -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002004400
  • Dewey Decimal Code 614.420

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IN THE FALL OF 1815, Justus and Eliza Post and their young children arrived in St. Louis after a long, arduous journey from New York.

About the author

Conevery Bolton Valencius received her Ph.D. from Harvard. In 2000 she won the prestigious Allan Nevins Prize, awarded by the Society of American Historians for best-written dissertation in American history. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where she is an assistant professor at Washington University.