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Selected Books about Pioneer Life in Early Illinois

Pioneer Life in Illinois

Each book entry on site pages has a brief description and a link to the free online book.

Illinois Biographies & Memoirs page

Bacheller, Irving, A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy

Burlend, Rebecca, A True Picture of Emigration, or, Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America (etc.)

Hubbard, Gurdon S., The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, Pa-pa-ma-ta-be, “The Swift Walker”

Reynolds, John, My Own Times, embracing also the History of my Life

Tillson, Christiana H., A Woman’s Story of Pioneer Illinois

Illinois Explorers and Travelers page

Faux, William, Memorable days in America; being a journal of a tour to the United States (etc.)

Illinois Local History page

Burroughs, Burt E., Legends and Tales of Homeland on the Kankakee

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Illinois Social History page

Matson, N., Pioneers of Illinois, containing a Series of Sketches relating to Events that occurred previous to 1813 (etc.)

Perryman, F. M., Pioneer Life in Illinois

Strand, A. E., comp. and ed., A History of the Norwegians of Illinois; (etc.)

Waller, Elbert, Illinois Pioneer Days

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