Bibliography

Texts, Essays, and suggested story sources

American Literature, MacMillan Literature Series, Signature Edition, Gancoe Division-MacMillan/McGraw-Hill.(NY: 1991).

(Realism/Naturalism concepts; "Under the Lion's Paw", for use on Day 3)

Conron, John. The American Landscape: A Critical Anthology of Prose and Poetry. Oxford University Press (London, NewYork:1993).

pp. 379-383, from Old Jules, Marie Sandoz biography. (for use on Day 7)

Hard, Walter, Jr., ed. Green Mountain Treasury, A Vermont Life Sampler, "Sheep in Vermont", an essay, Harper & Brothers, (New York: 1961). (for use on Day 1)

Leslie, Clare, John Tallmadge and Tom Wessels. Into the Field: A Guide to Locally Focused Teaching. The Nature Literacy Series Number 3, The Orion Society. (187 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230, 1999).Tom Wessels, essay, pp 59-76, "Reading the Landscape's History", (for use on Day 1 with Pisgah photo file.)

Limerick, Patricia Nelson. The Legacy of Conquest. "The Unbroken Past of the American West". WW Norton & Company.(Reprint edition, April 1, 1998). Teacher resource for notetaking exercise, Chapter one, pp 48-54, and Chapter two, pp. 55-77 "Property Values" (for use on Day 3)

Peavy, Linda and Ursula Smith. Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement. University of Oklahoma Press (Norman and London, 1996). Chapters I and II, this is a major resource for use Days 2-6 and the final assessment essay.

Perkins, Barbara , Robyn Warhol, and George Perkins. Women's Work: An Anthology of American Literature. McGraw Hill, Inc. (New York, 1994).

Contains Jewett's "The Town Poor" and Freeman's "The Revolt of Mother". (for use on Day 6 and possibly on Day 11. These

stories may be found in other anthologies as well.)

Twain, Mark. The Complete Works of Mark Twain, "Roughing It." Harper and Brothers. (New York: 1913). Chapter XXIV and Chapter XXIX, for use on Days 9 and 10.)

Letters , Journals, Photos, Films

Films:

Heartland, based on the memoir Letters of a Woman Homesteader, Elinor Pruitt Randall's description of homesteading in the Wyoming Territory.(for use on Day 8)

The Jack Bull, a film made for HBO, reflects the reality of water use battles during settling of the West. (for use on Day 5)

Photo: Allen A. Clough, "An Abandoned Farm" Archives # P5669, Cheshire County Historical Society, Main Street, Keene, NH, 03431 (for use on Day 2)

Primary Source Materials

Noyes Journals - Archives # 55,Cheshire County Historical Society, Main Street, Keene, NH 03431 (for use on Day 4) Divide class into groups to study Streeter family , John Carpenter family transcribed letters. Use with The Letters West directions.

Teacher Resources

____________, America: A Narrative History, "The New West", pp 857-884. (Good explanation of Manifest Destiny, lust for land, tales of hardship, frustration, and failure.)

Battle, Kemp. Hearts of Fire, Great Women of American Lore and Legend, Three Rivers Press, (New York: 1997). pp 167-220, "Frontier Journeys".

Cott, Nancy F., ed. No Small Courage: A History of Women in the United States, Oxford University Press,(New York: 2000). Chapter 4-"Breaking New Ground", Chapter 5-"An Unfinished Battle", Chapter 6-"Laborers for Liberty".

Drinnon, Richard. Facing West: The Metaphysics of Indian Hating and Empire Building. Chapter XVI-Mary Austin, "The American Rhythm".

Dubois, Anthony. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Image Re-examined. The Changing Image of the New England Town Master's Thesis, Keene State College Library (The decline of New England hill farms, Old Home Day)

Elder, John. Reading the Mountains of Home. (Cambridge, MA, London, England:1998). (Guide to Robert Frost's "Directive")

Evans, Sara M. Born for Liberty: A History of Women in America. Free Press Paperbacks, Simon and Schuster. (New York: 1989).

Holbrook, Stewart H. The Yankee Exodus: "An Account of Migration from New England". The MacMillan Company. (New York: 1950). (Out of print, but this excellent resource can be found in college and public libraries. Chapter VII-Reasons for exodus; Chapter VI-Railroad development and advertisements for land sales.)