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The lonesome plains : death and revival on an American frontier /

Main Author: Fairchild, Louis.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2002.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:West Texas A & M University series ; no. 7
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas, West.
Pioneers > Social life and customs > 19th century. > Texas, West
Pioneers > Psychology. > Texas, West
Loneliness > History > 19th century. > Texas, West
Solitude > History > 19th century. > Texas, West
Funeral rites and ceremonies > History > 19th century. > Texas, West
Camp meetings > History > 19th century. > Texas, West
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Eenzaamheid.
Sociale relaties.
Begrafenissen.
Texas, West > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Texas, West > Religious life and customs > 19th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Brave cheers but many tears : departure
  • Over the threshold : all things new
  • Fearful solitude
  • Such a country as this : loneliness
  • The insecurity of life : sickness and accidents
  • Death's visitation
  • Neglected and forgotten : lonely graves in lonely places
  • The sounds of entombment
  • Meeting time
  • Camp meetings
  • half-vacation
  • Camp meetings
  • half-revival
  • Fellowship of the lonely.

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