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The classic account of what day-to-day life was like for cowboys and pioneer families in the American West. Born in a log cabin in 1879Edward Everett Dale sought education and become a prolific and versatile professional writerbut always remained rooted in his close connection to the frontier. He lived in a sod house, and once rode the range as cook to a group of cowboys. His life experiences brought exceptional authenticity to his work, including this classic first-hand account of the way pioneers lived. In Frontier Ways he describes all aspects of frontier life: the building of a home, the problems of finding wood and water, the procuring and cooking of food, medical practices, and the cultural, social, and religious life of pioneer families. Lively and involving, this collection of his essays has allowed generations of readers to look back on the West's fascinating past. ';At times [Dale] was the serious scholarly research-bent historian, but more often he was the folklorist, humorist, on-the-spot frontier reporter.' Great Plains Journal

The 200 letters in this volume chronicle more than 40 years of history in the old Cherokee Nation - from removal through the Civil War to Reconstruction - as recorded in the correspondence of the Ridge-Watie-Boudinot families, the minority leaders in the Nation, and known as the "Treaty Party".

Through the recollections of Edward Everett Dale we are able to view a pattern of life in rural America now gone forever.

Grew out of the author's close association with Indian tribes living in Oklahoma. This book takes the reader to the lodge bonfires of the Cherokees, Wichitas, and Pawnees, where children stayed awake to hear about giant cannibals, magical transformations, mortal unions with celestial bodies, and journeys to the Spirit Land.