A History Of The Pioneer Families Of Missouri - Tapa blanda

This book has been written in the midst of tribulation. When the authors began their work, two years ago, they had no adequate idea of the magnitude of the task which lay before them; but they know very well now. The histories of more than eight hundred pioneer families of the five counties embraced in this work are given, with the names of their children, and other matters of interest. We have endeavored to have every name and incident correct, but of course there are some errors. There are many obstacles in the way of obtaining information of this kind members of the same family frequently giving entirely different accounts of important events in their history. Mr. Rose has personally visited one or more members of each family whose history is given, and from his notes thus obtained the histories have been written. Where differences occurred in the statements of different members of the same family, we have carefully compared them and endeavored to sift the facts from each; and we feel confident that this book is as near correct as it is possible for any work of the kind to be. The delay in issuing the book has been unavoidable ;first owing to the time spent in gathering the materials, and then to numerous unavoidable delays in the printing oflS ce. But the matter is just as fresh and entertaining as though it had been issued a year ago. We do not expect the reader to believe all the remarkable yams related under Anecdotes and A dventures. Some of them were given to us merely as caricatures of early times, and they can easily be distinguished from the real adventures.
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