The health of the country : how American settlers understood themselves and their land / by Conevery Bolton Valenčius.

"The Health of the Country is the first book to show how settlers made sense of uncharted land. Their primary concern was to save themselves from the painful, fatal, disabling ailments that are as much a part of American history as cowboys and wagon trains." "Primary sources from this...

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Main Author: Valenčius, Conevery Bolton, 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, ©2002.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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