LEADER 03167nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910453681203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-86821-3 010 $a9786611868215 010 $a0-19-972292-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000550977 035 $a(EBL)415097 035 $a(OCoLC)476239987 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000106241 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11133702 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106241 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10107977 035 $a(PQKB)10771607 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415097 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415097 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10263688 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL186821 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000550977 100 $a20080314d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAs big as the West$b[electronic resource] $ethe pioneer life of Granville Stuart /$fClyde A. Milner II and Carol A. O'Connor 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (447 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-512709-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 357-410) and index. 327 $aContents; List of Maps; Introduction: Show Your Hand; 1 Moving West; 2 Partners in a New Land; 3 Stampedes; 4 Ties to the Nation; 5 Brothers Apart; 6 An Opportunity with Cattle; 7 Home on a Contested Range; 8 Stranglers; 9 A Harsh Business; 10 Second Life; 11 Outliving the Frontier; Epilogue: A Room Full of Diaries; Acknowledgments; Notes; Illustration Credits; Index 330 $aGranville Stuart (1834-1918) is a quintessential Western figure, a man whose adventures rival those of Wyatt Earp, Buffalo Bill, or Sitting Bull, and who embodied many of the contradictions of America's westward expansion. Stuart collected guns, herded cattle, mined for gold, and killed men he thought outlaws. But he also taught himself Shoshone, French, and Spanish, denounced formal religion, married a Shoshone woman, and eventually became a United States diplomat. In this fascinating biography, Clyde A. Milner II and Carol A. O'Connor, co-editors of the acclaimed Oxford History of the American 606 $aPioneers$zMontana$vBiography 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zMontana 606 $aRanchers$zMontana$vBiography 606 $aRanch life$zMontana$xHistory 606 $aGold miners$zMontana$vBiography 606 $aPoliticians$zMontana$vBiography 607 $aMontana$xGold discoveries 607 $aMontana$xHistory 607 $aMontana$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPioneers 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 615 0$aRanchers 615 0$aRanch life$xHistory. 615 0$aGold miners 615 0$aPoliticians 676 $a978.6031092B 700 $aMilner$b Clyde A.$f1948-$01000371 701 $aO'Connor$b Carol A.$f1946-$01000372 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453681203321 996 $aAs big as the West$92296258 997 $aUNINA