Research Catalog

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Description

1. xxii, 323 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series statement

1. West Texas A&M University series ; no. 7

Subject

1. Pioneers > Texas, West > Social life and customs > 19th century
2. Frontier and pioneer life > Texas, West
3. Camp meetings > Texas, West > History > 19th century
4. Loneliness > Texas, West > History > 19th century
5. Texas, West > Religious life and customs > 19th century
6. Texas, West > Social life and customs > 19th century
7. Funeral rites and ceremonies > Texas, West > History > 19th century
8. Pioneers > Texas, West > Psychology
9. Solitude > Texas, West > History > 19th century

Contents

1. Brave cheers but many tears : departure -- Over the threshold : all things new -- Fearful solitude -- Such a country as this : loneliness -- The insecurity of life : sickness and accidents -- Death's visitation -- Neglected and forgotten : lonely graves in lonely places -- The sounds of entombment -- Meeting time -- Camp meetings--half-vacation -- Camp meetings--half-revival -- Fellowship of the lonely.

Call number

1. ITRN 03-2204

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-313) and index.

Author

1. Fairchild, Louis.

Title

1. The lonesome plains : death and revival on an American frontier / Louis Fairchild.

Imprint

1. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2002.

Edition

1. 1st ed.

Series

1. West Texas A&M University series ; no. 7

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-313) and index.

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1. Table of contents

LCCN

1. 2001006555

ISBN

1. 1585441821 (alk. paper)

Research call number

1. ITRN 03-2204