For me very little rewritten history has the freshness and fascination of these strong, firsthand personal narratives, though I recognize many of them as being the stuff of literature rather than literature itself.
Mainly on mountain lions, but firsthand observations on other predatory animals also.
Not firsthand in the manner of Gilfillan's Sheep, nor charming and light in the manner of Kupper's The Golden Hoof, but an essayical history, based on research.
Although later a prominent pioneer of Oregon and California, his claim to fame rests on his Journal of a Trapper, which "as a precise and intimate firsthand account of the daily life of the trapper explorer .
Was their information firsthand or derived from Indians who, unlike the Mandans, were acquainted with details of the Upper Yellowstone?
In fact, since you are known to be an authority on Japanese arms, I could even arrange for you to have a firsthandlook at the Imperial sword.
Tam couldn't wait to get outside and see firsthand what was going on.
Scientists of every nationality studied it at firsthand and only strict laws and rigid searches by customs inspectors prevented the importation of specimens for dissection in their own laboratories.
Hawksworth studied them in confusion, and after a moment realized they must be baby lions, an animal famous in English folklore but never actually seen firsthand by anyone in England.
These are the works, with their trenchant firsthand accounts, that all students of the era find indispensable.
The major source is a pious chronicle allegedly compiled by his disciple Bokusai fromfirsthand information.
Carlton Skinner had firsthand experience with the limitations of the Coast Guard's racial policy.
In most situations, white attitudes toward integration became more favorable with firsthand experience.
The firsthand information thus gathered had a profound influence on the committee's thinking, an influence readily discernible in its recommendations to the President.
Davenport was speaking fromfirsthand knowledge because Gray, after belatedly learning of his experience and influence with the committee, sent for him.
But as Si'Wren well knew from unfortunate firsthand experience, such enshrouding mists could cause rare herbs and spices, if they were left exposed, to quickly turn stale, causing Master Rababull much displeasure.
Hence, Si'Wren was able to learn firsthandof their deep-rooted fear, as the fateful decision was finally made to turn aside.
But she'd decided to hold off on a decision till she could have a firsthand look at the institute.
After his explosive run-in with Stone Aimes--damn him too--Bartlett had gone up to the Park Avenue place to check on Kristen firsthand and try to console her.
The whole, in short, is a thrilling narrative of adventure and a firsthand study of the Indian character that cannot be passed by.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "firsthand" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
