"Boots and saddles"; or, Life in Dakota with General Custer,

Mode of access: Internet.

Thirty-one years on the plains and in the mountains, or, The last voice from the plains : an authentic record of a life time of hunting, trapping, scouting and Indian fighting in the far West /

Mode of access: Internet.

The backwoods of our backyards : Ontario pioneers and the crisis of ecology /

Early in his landmark ecocritical book The Comedy of Survival, Joseph Meeker develops an intriguing hypothesis about human behaviour. He remarks the species Homo sapiens tend to behave like an invasive or pioneering organism, entering a bio-geographical region and aggressively outcompeting all other species for space and resources. Moreover, he suggests, human cultural traditions, at least in the West, have reinforced such behaviour, continually insisting that the impulses he describes are both necessary and right. While Meeker's work goes on to assess a number of literary works in both the tragic and comic modes, his work never fully explores this hypothesis in the context of human pioneers; that is, there is no ~xploration o( how these themes manifest themselves within our culture and what role they might play in the culture of specific pioneering groups. This project is an attempt at just such an analysis, examining the validity of Meeker's hypothesis through a case study of settler literature in Upper Canada/Ontario between the . years 1800-1867. It explores Meeker's work within three main areas: first, Chapter Two situates his book historically within the field of ecocriticism, showing what came before and the explosion of ecocritical inquiry that followed its release. This chapter also delves into the rift between the natural sciences and humanities, arguing that a move towards deeper interdisciplinarity is r:tecessary for the future. Chapter Three examines the biological and ecological ground on which Meeker rests his hypothesis through exploring evolutionary biology as well as invasive and pioneer species behaviour. Lastly, Chapter Four examines how these ecological principles are manifested in the writings of early Canadian settlers, suggesting that Meeker's hypothesis indeed finds itself on stable footing.

The True and Wonderful Story of Paul Gasford

"The following true and remarkable story is taken from the Christian advocate, a respectable paper published by the Methodist Connexion, in the city of New-York."--Preface, t.p. verso. The Christian advocate was first published in 1826. See ULS. Caption title: Paul Gasford. In printed wrapper. "Advice from a bee."--poem, p. [16]. "English classics, for sale by M. Day, 374 Pearl-st."--p. [4] of wrapper.

The trail drivers of Texas : interesting sketches of early cowboys and their experiences on the range and on the trail during the days that tried men's souls: true narratives related by real cow-punchers and men who fathered the cattle industry in Texas /

Mode of access: Internet.

Thunder in the Southwest; echoes from the wild frontier.

Mode of access: Internet.

Frontier dust,

Mode of access: Internet.

The new purchase: or, Seven and a half years in the far West.

Names of persons and places are fictitious.

The forest rangers: a poetic tale of the western wilderness in 1794. Connected with and comprising the march and battle of General Wayne's army, and abounding interesting incidents of fact and fiction. In seven cantos.

Mode of access: Internet.

Emigrant life in Kansas.

Mode of access: Internet.

Opening a cow country, a history of the pioneer's struggle in conquering the prairies south of the Black hills,

"Lithoprinted."

The rediscovery of the frontier,

The frontier comes of age.--The frontier in literary criticism.--The American pioneer in fiction.--The immigrant pioneer in fiction.--The back-trailers in fact and fiction.--Implications.

Ella Barnwell: a historical romance of border life.

An earlier edition has title: The renegade.

Uncle Tom Andy Bill : a story of bears and Indian treasure /

Frontispiece illustrated by P.V.E. Ivory.

The past and present of the Pike's peak gold regions,

Mode of access: Internet.