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| Author: Allan W. Eckert
Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 15735
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 626
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 0945084919
Dewey Decimal Number: 977.01092
EAN: 9780945084914
ASIN: 0945084919
Publication Date: May 1, 2001
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The Frontiersmen: A Narrative by Allan W. Eckert February 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After picking up our pots in Seal Bay we ran over to Port Williams for a few days before continuing on around the northern tip of Afognak Is.We lay overnight at Bluefox Bay where my sister was then living.She lent me her copy of this book,of which,at the time,I thought to be rather a large chunk of reading.However,upon returning to town for more supplies,we were stuck there because our skipper ran over himself with a snowmachine.Now I had much time to read,and read I did! Non-stop.This is history as it should be presented.Real people.Red,white and foreign.Simon Kenton,the man who is the common thread throughout the book,is one man I had never heard of,in history or elsewhere.
The words "WOW!";"AWESOME!":"UNBELIEVABLE!" have lost their power in our current age from over-use,but their original applications do fit this book.
The above trip took place in early 1978 and from that time I have kept my eye out for this book.All inquiries were met with either "Out of Print" or exorbiant pricings of a collectors' item.While I was not looking for it this recent order,by long habit, the title matches for the search criteria were imprinted in my mind and the book is now part of my collection....CliffThe Frontiersmen: A Narrative
The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert January 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a book I've read, and re-read many times. That's how good it is.
I bought two this time and gave them as gifts.
Why bother with Fiction November 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Why bother with fiction when the facts, as told by this master historian and masterful storyteller, are so fascinating. After reading this book, you'll never look at those old westerns the same way again. I learned more about the period (the Revolution to the War of 1812), and especially the Native Americans who lived then, from this book than in all my previous life. I'm about to buy the next in the series, Wilderness Empire. If you liked Bernard De Voto's great book Across the Wide Missouri, you will love this as well. Kudos, Mr. Eckert!
Writing at its best October 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you like compelling writing that generates a lightning bolt narrative about manifest destiny and those who were major players in this exciting but heart breaking game, this book is for you. I also recommend another thunder storm of a book: Walking the Trail, One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Cherokee author Jerry Ellis. He was the first person in the modern world to WALK the 900 mile route of the Trail of Tears and the book was nominated for a Pulitzer and National Book Award.
Couldn't Put It Down August 27, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was a great read. Once I started I couldn't put it down. I plan on reading the other 5 books by Allan Eckert. It takes you back to pure human nature and puts you in touch with yourself. You have to ask how you would respond to the situations encountered by these brave frontiersmen. I'm telling most of my friends about this book.
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