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In the work of their hands is their prayer : cultural narrative and redemption on the American frontiers, 1830-1930
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In the work of their hands is their prayer : cultural narrative and redemption on the American frontiers, 1830-1930

Author: Joel Daehnke
Publisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2003.
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Joel Daehnke
ISBN: 0821415026 9780821415023 0821415034 9780821415030
OCLC Number: 52348893
Description: 299 p. cm. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: In the work of their hands is their prayer: desire, history, and the drama of the American frontiers -- "Necessary nothings" and "minor deprivations": cultivating the frontier marketplace in Caroline Kirkland's A new home, who'll follow? -- Marvelous possessions: reaffirming the sacred, redeeming the profane in Yellowstone National Park -- Bonanzas and borascas, accounts and "no accounts": Dan De Quille, Mark Twain, and the fortunate landscape of Nevada's Comstock lode -- "Our life exempt from public haunt": national manhood, the fraternity of anglers, and the blessings of American leisure -- "At our meanest tasks": redemption and the domestic economy in Willa Cather's Death comes for the archbishop -- "Having done with calendared time": the corpus of mission and the enigmatic ends of history.
Responsibility: Joel Daehnke.

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