The valley of shadows.
Publisher: History Book Club
Published: 1948
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Illinois -- Social life and customs.; Alton (Ill.); Saint Louis (Mo.); Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; Mississippi River Valley -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Notes: "Recollections of scenes and episodes of...[the author's] early life in Illinois and Missouri."
Table of contents: title: 1. The Meeting-House; title: 2. The Load-Bearer; title: 3. The Log-House; title: 4. Socrates Gives Advice; title: 5. Silas Jordan’s Illness; title: 6. The Cabin of Socrates; title: 7. At the Post-Office; title: 8. My Visit to the Load-Bearer’s Home; title: 9. A Night of Mystery; title: 10. Sowing and Reaping; title: 11. The Flight; title: 12. The Camp-Meeting; title: 13. The Pioneer of the Sangamon Country; title: 14. The Regulators; title: 15. Alton and the Mississippi; title: 16. Abraham Lincoln; title: 17. St. Louis: Society and the Churches; title: 18. The Great Fair; title: 19. The Planters’ House; title: 20. The Torch-Light Procession; title: 21. Camp Jackson; title: 22. General Fremont; title: 23. The Dance of Death; title: 24. In the Maze; title: 25. Grierson’s Raid; title: 26. The Valley of Shadows