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1Title:  Wood's Two years' residence in the settlement on the English Prairie--June 25, 1820-July 3, 1821    
 Creator:  Woods, John, d. 1829 
 Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913
 Publication:  Cleveland, Ohio,1904-07. 
 Call #:  F42J T548 v.10 
 Extent:  p. [171]-357 incl. 2 fold. maps. 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois | Edwards County (Ill.) -- Description and travel
 
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2Title:  The western wilds of America: or, Backwoods and prairies; and scenes in the valley of the Mississippi    
 Creator:  Regan, John. 
 Publication:  John Menzies [etc.], Edinburgh,1859. 
 Notes:  Also published under title: The emigrants' guide to the western states of America. 
 Call #:  F38JE R333 
 Extent:  [xiv], 408 p., front. 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois | Virgil (Ill.) -- Social life and customs
 
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3Title:  A woman's story of pioneer Illinois    
 Creator:  Tillson, Christiana Holmes, 1796-1872 
 Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959
 Publication:  R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago,1919. 
 Notes:  First edition privately printed in 1873 with title: Reminiscences of early life in Illinois by our mother. 
 Call #:  F38JE T578W 
 Extent:  xxi, 169p. 2 port. (incl. front.) 18cm. 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois | Montgomery County (Ill.)
 
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4Title:  James Watson Webb's trip across Illinois in 1822    
 Creator:  Stevens, Frank E. 
 Publication:  Sycamore Tribune Print, Sycamore, Ill,1924. 
 Call #:  Pam. S1379 
 Extent:  16 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 26 cm. 
 Subjects:  Webb, James Watson, -- 1802-1884 | Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois
 
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5Title:  Autobiography of Peter Cartwright, the backwoods preacher    
 Creator:  Cartwright, Peter, 1785-1872 
 Strickland, W. P. (William Peter), 1809-1884
 Publication:  Carlton & Porter, New York,1856. 
 Call #:  F38RI C329 
 Extent:  525 p. illus.,front. 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  Cartwright, Peter, -- 1785-1872 | Methodist Episcopal Church -- Illinois | Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois
 
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6Title:  The pioneer history of Illinois: containing the discovery, in 1673, and the history of the country to the year eighteen hundred and eighteen, when the state government was organized    
 Creator:  Reynolds, John, 1788-1865 
 Publication:  N. A. Randall, Belleville, Ill,1852. 
 Call #:  F38D R463 Vault 
 Extent:  348 p. ; 17 cm. 
 Subjects:  Pioneers -- Illinois | Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois | Illinois -- History
 
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7Title:  Two years' residence in the settlement on the English Prairie, in the Illinois country, United States: with an account of its animal and vegetable productions, agriculture, &c. &c., a description of the principal towns, villages, &c. &c., with the habits and customs of the back-woodsmen    
 Creator:  Woods, John, d. 1829 
 Publication:  Printed for Longman, Hurst, Reessa, Orme, and Brown, London,1822. 
 Call #:  F38DC W895 
 Extent:  310 p. : 3 maps (2 fold.) ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois | Edwards County (Ill.) | Illinois -- Description and travel | Ohio River -- Description and travel
 
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8Title:  Wau-bun, the "early day" in the North-west    
 Creator:  Kinzie, John H.Mrs, 1806-1870 
 Publication:  Derby & Jackson, D.B. Cooke & Co. [etc., etc.], New York, Chicago,1856. 
 Call #:  F42JE K56W1 
 Extent:  xii, 13-498 p. front., plates. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois | Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin | Northwest, Old -- Description and travel | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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9Title:  Life of a woman pioneer: as illustrated in the life of Elsie Strawn Armstrong, 1789-1871    
 Creator:  Armstrong, James E. (James Elder), 1855- 
 Publication:  J. F. Higgins ptg. co.], Chicago, Ill,1931. 
 Notes:  Author's autograph presentation copy. "Authorities consulted": p. [6]. 
 Call #:  B 2020 
 Extent:  [6], [9]-127 p. front. (port.) plates. 23.5 cm. 
 Subjects:  Armstrong, Elsie Strawn, -- 1789-1871 | Armstrong family | Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois | Pioneers -- Biography | La Salle County (Ill.) -- History
 
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