Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death - Softcover

Ken Reyher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932738592 ISBN 13: 9781932738599

Verlag: Western Reflections Publishing Company, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Death and dying are topics often avoided in today s polite society; yet, with the extreme hardships of living, generally followed by all-too-often early deaths, dying became an integral part of the lives of Colorado pioneers and death was accepted and acknowledged with fortitude and dignified resignation. In Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, author Ken Reyher presents these subjects in a captivating way, providing readers an in-depth picture and a better understanding of life and death during Colorado s early days. Children were often present when their siblings died in tiny one-room cabins. Wakes were held; in part to be sure the deceased was really dead. And, pioneers often made the coffins for their deceased family members. It was that very different life, and death, that led to this thought provoking and poignant book. Marked and unmarked graves lined trails into the western frontier filled with the bodies of women, children and men who succumbed to accidents, disease and attacks by hostiles along the way. As Colorado was settled, a harsh existence on the outer edges of civilization took its toll, with epidemics wiping out families and Mother Nature claiming her fair share of pioneer souls. In this unique work, pioneer life and its ever-present shadows of death are not related in a macabre or offensive way, but as tales of hope, courage, and the survival of those left behind.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Western Reflections Publishing Company
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1932738592
• ISBN 13: 9781932738599
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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