| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 245 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction; Head 'Em Up and Move 'Em Out:Trail Driving; Alexander Mackenzie:Crossing the Continent; Zebulon Pike: Lost in the Louisiana Purchase; Maximilian and Bodmer:Science and Art in the Old West; "Corralled for Defense":Indian Attacks on Wagon Trains; Porter Rockwell: God's Gunfighter; Edward Fitzgerald Beale:A Frontiersman for All Reasons; The Free and Independent State of Deseret; Samuel Brannan: The Man Who Startedthe Gold Rush; Before Civil Rights: The Chinese in America; Dear Sir: Corresponding via the Jackass Mail; Ships of the Southwest Desert:Camels Join the Army |
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American Royalty: Emperor Norton IRoot Hog or Die: The Pig War; Randolph B. Marcy: Tour Guide for the Westward Emigration; The Comstock Lode:A Silver-Lined Mountain; Barney Ford: From Runaway Slave toWealthy Businessman; Battle of Glorieta Pass:The Gettysburg of the West; Massacre at Bear River:First, Worst, Forgotten; Adobe Walls: Ruins of a Way of Life; The End of the Civil War:Battle at the End of Texas; First Blood: Showdown in the Street; Jacob Brodbeck: First Flight, First Crash?; Mass Murder: Circleville Massacre; Black Hawk's Last Ride: Reconciliation |
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The Métis: Gone the Way of the BuffaloMaking Barbwire Famous:The Frying Pan Ranch; Surviving a Lead Storm: Elfego Baca; The Birth of the Modern World: Electricity; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-232) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Frontier and pioneer life
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| SUBJECT |
West (U.S.) -- History, Local
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| Subject |
West United States
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| Genre/Form |
Local history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021677499 |
| ISBN |
9781493015207 |
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1493015206 |
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9781493015207 |
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