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As big as the West [[electronic resource] ] : the pioneer life of Granville Stuart / / Clyde A. Milner II and Carol A. O'Connor



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Autore: Milner Clyde A., II, <1948-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: As big as the West [[electronic resource] ] : the pioneer life of Granville Stuart / / Clyde A. Milner II and Carol A. O'Connor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (447 p.)
Disciplina: 978.6031092B
Soggetto topico: Pioneers - Montana
Frontier and pioneer life - Montana
Ranchers - Montana
Ranch life - Montana - History
Gold miners - Montana
Politicians - Montana
Soggetto geografico: Montana Gold discoveries
Montana History
Montana Biography
Altri autori: O'ConnorCarol A. <1946->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-410) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
Sommario/riassunto: Granville 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
Titolo autorizzato: As big as the West  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-992370-1
1-281-86821-3
9786611868215
0-19-972292-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910782223303321
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