Story of the Great American West
Title | Story of the Great American West PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | History |
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Recounts the settlement of the West from the first pioneers who crossed the Appalachians to the eventual disappearance of the frontier.
The Great American West
Title | The Great American West PDF eBook |
Author | James David Horan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Frontier and pioneer life |
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Best Stories of the American West
Title | Best Stories of the American West PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Jaffe |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2008-04-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780765310903 |
Contemporary stories set against the backdrop of the American West capture the diversity of culture and lifestyle in the region in twenty works by Sherman Alexie, Melanie Thon, Luis Alberto Urrea, Elmore Leonard, Max Evans, John Sayles, and other acclaimed authors.
The Book of the American West
Title | The Book of the American West PDF eBook |
Author | Jay Monaghan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 616 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | West (U.S.) |
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Presents folklore and legends, heroes and villains, wars and important events in the history of the Old West. Also includes examples of Western art and music.
Hole-in-the-Rock
Title | Hole-in-the-Rock PDF eBook |
Author | David E. Miller |
Publisher | Pickle Partners Publishing |
Pages | 465 |
Release | 2017-04-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1787204103 |
First published in 1962, David E. Miller’s award-winning work on the Hole-in-the-Rock episode was arguably his greatest achievement as a historian. One of the great set-pieces of Mormon history, the San Juan Mission had become clouded by myth and hagiography when Miller first became attracted to its study in the 1950s, and few reliable sources were at that time available. Not content with exhausting archival material, Miller contacted all locatable descendants of the members of the original party, and thereby brought to light a great number of previously unexploited sources. The Hole-in-the-Rock study achieved additional depth from his intimate knowledge of the actual trail acquired on repeated traverses by Jeep and on foot. A member of the LDS Church, Miller wrote of the Mormons with sympathy and understanding, but with a commitment as well to the critical standards of the historical profession. A must-read for anyone interested in American History.
Backroads of the Great American West
Title | Backroads of the Great American West PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Back Roads |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2021-06-22 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0760369976 |
Backroads of the Great American West describes and details with full-color photos and maps the most scenic routes in the Rocky Mountains, Texas, Desert Southwest, California, and Pacific Northwest.
The American West: A New Interpretive History
Title | The American West: A New Interpretive History PDF eBook |
Author | Robert V. Hine |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 2017-08-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0300231784 |
A fully revised and updated new edition of the classic history of western America The newly revised second edition of this concise, engaging, and unorthodox history of America’s West has been updated to incorporate new research, including recent scholarship on Native American lives and cultures. An ideal text for course work, it presents the West as both frontier and region, examining the clashing of different cultures and ethnic groups that occurred in the western territories from the first Columbian contacts between Native Americans and Europeans up to the end of the twentieth century.