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From the Fallen Tree: Frontier Narratives, Environmental Politics, and the Roots of a National Pastoral, 1749-1826 - Softcover

Hallock, Thomas

 
9780807854914: From the Fallen Tree: Frontier Narratives, Environmental Politics, and the Roots of a National Pastoral, 1749-1826

Synopsis

Beginning in the mid-eighteenth century and ending with the era of Indian dispossession, Hallock demonstrates how authors explored the idea of wilderness and political identities in fully populated frontiers. Includes discussion on the writings of Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and James Fennimore Cooper, among others.

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About the Author

Thomas Hallock is assistant professor of English at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

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