contact us | site guide | search  •  Reading Guide » Link RESOURCE MENU Reading Guide » Link Link Page 1.  Frederick Jackson Turner, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," address, 1893, excerpts (PDF)     American Progress, 1873   Printing Length: 9 pages Online Source  National Humanities Center Supplemental sites Bio from PBS Full text The Frontier in American History, xxxx, with other essays, at Hypertexts from the American Studies Program, University of Virginia Texts cited by Turner: Edmund Burke, Speech on Conciliation with America, 1775 Lyman Beecher, A Plea for the West, 1835 *PDF file - You will need software on your computer that allows you to read and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this software, you may download it FREE from Adobe's Web site. Toolbox: The Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870-1912 Memory | Progress | People | Power | Empire Contact Us | Site Guide | Search Toolbox Library: Primary Resources in U.S. History and Literature National Humanities Center Web site comments and questions, contact: lmorgan@nationalhumanitiescenter.org Copyright © 2005 National Humanities Center. All rights reserved. Revised: May 2005 nationalhumanitiescenter.org