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Title

The Illini : a story of the prairies / by Clark E. Carr, with twenty full-page portraits.

Author

Carr, Clark E. (Clark Ezra), 1836-1919

Publication

• Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., 1904.
• ©1904.

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Details

Additional Authors

• A.C. McClurg & Co., publisher.
• Dial Press (Chicago, Ill.), compositor.
• R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, printer.

Description

xi, [4], 16-468 pages, [20] leaves of plates : portraits; 24 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject

• Frontier and pioneer life > Illinois > Fiction
• Illinois > History > Fiction

Note

• "Copyrighted by Clarke E. Carr A.D. 1904. Published Dec. 1, 1904. Third edition, Dec. 31, 1904."--verso of title page.
• "Composition by The Dial Press, Chicago. Presswork by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Chicago."--verso of title page.
• "The author of the following pages has endeavored, by interweaving facts and fiction, to give his conception of the position and influence of Illinois among the sisterhood of states, as well as his estimate of events, and of those Illinoisans who were conspicuous actors in them, from 1850, when the Fugitive-Slave Law was enacted, to the opening of the Civil War."--preface, page [v].

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• Bk 1. The pioneer. ch. 1. "Where are you from?" -- ch. 2. General Silverton, of Illinois -- ch. 3. A political outbreak -- ch. 4. Hobbs the overseer -- ch. 5. Stephen A. Douglas -- ch. 6. Rose Silverton -- ch. 7. Chicago in 1850 -- ch. 8. "a curis young feller" -- ch. 9. The Prairies -- ch. 10. The abolitionist preacher -- ch. 11. The beginnings of romance -- ch. 12. An adventure on the prairie -- ch. 13. "A runaway nigger" -- ch. 14. The underground railway in illinois -- ch. 15. The story of a fugitive slave -- ch. 16. A home in illinois -- ch. 17. "movers" -- ch. 18. Some distinguished visitors -- ch. 19. Early times in Illinois -- ch. 20. Galesburg -- ch. 21. Work and play -- ch. 22. Abe Lincoln -- ch. 23. The letter from Canada -- ch. 24. An apparently hopeless struggle -- ch. 25. People and politics in 1852 -- ch. 26. A Mississippi steamboat trip -- ch. 27. A visit to Pike County -- ch. 28. The Grange -- ch. 29. "The little giant" -- ch. 30. The nursery of great men -- ch. 31. Undesirable acquaintances -- ch. 32. Figures on the public stage -- ch. 33. A stranger who liked fine horses -- ch. 34. The Creole invasion of New Orleans.
• Bk. 2. Political upheaval. ch. 1. The birth of a great party -- ch. 2. A discovery and a disappearance -- ch. 3. The state fair -- ch. 4. Old acquaintances at Springfield -- ch. 5. A memorable evening -- ch. 6. Douglas expounds “popular sovereignty” -- ch. 7. Various exhibits at the fair -- ch. 8. Lincoln replies to Douglas -- ch. 9. Fond farewells -- ch. 10. The general s story -- ch. 11. Inside views of Illinois politics -- ch. 12. The Bloomington convention of 1856, and Mr. Lincoln’s “lost speech” -- ch. 13. Paul Percival -- ch. 14. Colonel Besanqon -- ch. 15. Story of a miniature -- ch. 16. Choosing political champions -- ch. 17. The Lincoln-Douglas debates -- ch. 18. Presidential candidates -- ch. 19. Republican National Convention of 1860 -- ch. 20. With old friends at the grange -- ch. 21. The political campaign of 1860 -- ch. 22. The gathering storm treason in Illinois -- ch. 23. News of the fugitive -- ch. 24. From Illinois to Washington -- ch. 25. The inauguration of President Lincoln -- ch. 26. A study in psychology -- ch. 27. The shaping of public sentiment -- ch. 28. Dark days of the republic.
• Bk. 3. In war-time. ch. 1. The awakening of the north -- ch. 2. The soldier's friend -- ch. 3. Captain Grant of Galena -- ch. 4. Some Illinois war heroes -- ch. 5. Our greatest volunteer soldier -- ch. 6. A glimpse of the fugitive -- ch. 7. The evolution of a copperhead -- ch. 8. A meal for Taurus -- ch. 9. The Battle of Pea Ridge -- ch. 10. A letter from the front -- ch. 11. The Tennessee and Cumberland campaigns -- ch. 12. The Battle of Shiloh -- ch. 13. Illinois cares for her wounded heroes -- ch. 14. Governor Yates at Shiloh -- ch. 15. The wounded orderly -- ch. 16. Back to the battlefield -- ch. 17. The conqueror of himself -- ch. 18. Colonel Paul Percival -- ch. 19. A surprise and a revelation -- ch. 20. A headquarters dinner party -- ch. 21. The home-coming -- ch. 22. Story of the wanderer -- ch. 23. Welcome to the grange -- ch. 24. The lilies of France -- ch. 25. An humble confession -- ch. 26. Clouds and darkness -- ch. 27. Dawn.

Call Number

Sc Fic (Carr, C. Illini)

LCCN

04035332

OCLC

• 2328274
• NYPGR2328274-B

Author

Carr, Clark E. (Clark Ezra), 1836-1919, author.

Title

The Illini : a story of the prairies / by Clark E. Carr, with twenty full-page portraits.

Publisher

Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., 1904.

Copyright Date

©1904.

Edition

Third edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc Fic-C (accession no. B593753) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Full text available via HathiTrust.

Added Author

A.C. McClurg & Co., publisher.

Dial Press (Chicago, Ill.), compositor.

R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Fic (Carr, C. Illini)

IVE (Carr, C. E. Illini, a story of the prairies)