From the Fallen Tree

Frontier Narratives, Environmental Politics, and the Roots of a National Pastoral, 1749-1826

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Ecology, History, Americas, United States, Colonial Period (1600-1775), Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
Cover of the book From the Fallen Tree by Thomas Hallock, The University of North Carolina Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Thomas Hallock ISBN: 9780807861653
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: July 21, 2004
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Thomas Hallock
ISBN: 9780807861653
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: July 21, 2004
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

Anglo-American writers in the revolutionary era used pastoral images to place themselves as native to the continent, argues Thomas Hallock in From the Fallen Tree. Beginning in the mid-eighteenth century, as territorial expansion got under way in earnest, and ending with the era of Indian dispossession, the author demonstrates how authors explored the idea of wilderness and political identities in fully populated frontiers.

Hallock provides an alternative to the myth of a vacant wilderness found in later writings. Emphasizing shared cultures and conflict in the border regions, he reconstructs the milieu of Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, William Bartram, and James Fenimore Cooper, as well as lesser-known figures such as Lewis Evans, Jane Colden, Anne Grant, and Elias Boudinot. State papers, treaty documents, maps, and journals provide a rich backdrop against which Hallock reinterprets the origins of a pastoral tradition.

Combining the new western history, ecological criticism, and native American studies, Hallock uncovers the human stories embedded in descriptions of the land. His historicized readings offer an alternative to long-accepted myths about the vanishing backcountry, the march of civilization, and a pristine wilderness. The American pastoral, he argues, grew from the anxiety of independent citizens who became colonizers themselves.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Anglo-American writers in the revolutionary era used pastoral images to place themselves as native to the continent, argues Thomas Hallock in From the Fallen Tree. Beginning in the mid-eighteenth century, as territorial expansion got under way in earnest, and ending with the era of Indian dispossession, the author demonstrates how authors explored the idea of wilderness and political identities in fully populated frontiers.

Hallock provides an alternative to the myth of a vacant wilderness found in later writings. Emphasizing shared cultures and conflict in the border regions, he reconstructs the milieu of Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, William Bartram, and James Fenimore Cooper, as well as lesser-known figures such as Lewis Evans, Jane Colden, Anne Grant, and Elias Boudinot. State papers, treaty documents, maps, and journals provide a rich backdrop against which Hallock reinterprets the origins of a pastoral tradition.

Combining the new western history, ecological criticism, and native American studies, Hallock uncovers the human stories embedded in descriptions of the land. His historicized readings offer an alternative to long-accepted myths about the vanishing backcountry, the march of civilization, and a pristine wilderness. The American pastoral, he argues, grew from the anxiety of independent citizens who became colonizers themselves.

More books from The University of North Carolina Press

Cover of the book Religious Freedom by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book What Is Veiling? by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book Help Me to Find My People by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book Innocent Weapons by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book Army at Home by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book Crafting Lives by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book In the Beginning by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book Electra and the Empty Urn by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book Native and National in Brazil by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book The Mortal Wounding of Stonewall Jackson by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book The Origins of the Southern Middle Class, 1800-1861 by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book At America's Gates by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book Response to Imperialism by Thomas Hallock
Cover of the book "For the Scrutiny of Science and the Light of Revelation": American Blood Falls by Thomas Hallock
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy