Pioneer life in western Pennsylvania / J.E. Wright and Doris Corbett.

A fascinating look at life during pioneer times in western Pennsylvania. Describes the hardship, danger and drudgery of day-to-day life on the frontier. Topics include cabin raising, crop harvests, tanning, weaving, disease, religion, and superstition. Also follows the progression from pioneer life...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Wright, J. E. (John Ernest), 1894-
Other Authors:	Corbett, Doris
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996.
Series:	Pitt paperback ; 41.
Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life > Pennsylvania. Frontier and pioneer life. Pennsylvania.