In Another Time / Harold Schindler

• Autore: Schindler Harold <1929->
• Pubblicazione: Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 1998; ©1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Disciplina: 979.2
• Soggetto topico: Latter Day Saint pioneers - Anecdotes
• Soggetto geografico: Utah History Anecdotes
• Note generali: "First published in The Salt Lake tribune."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The first Utahns, 11,000 B.P. to A.D. 1776 -- Mountain men: opening the gate to Western expansion, 1803-1840 -- The ways west: California-Oregon dream lures scores to Utah and beyond, 1841-1846 -- Ho! for the Great Salt Lake: Mormons give up livelihoods in a rush for the Promised Land, 1846-1847 -- Great Salt Lake Valley, "the place": first few years in "Deseret" test pioneers' mettle, 1847-1850 -- Fort for Davy Crockett -- Fremont and Carson leave a mark on a Great Salt Lake island -- Gone fishin' -- What's in a name? Samuel Hensley not Hansel discovers a cutoff -- A war of extermination -- Spanish doubloons and Mormon gold -- Utah strikes it rich in 1849 -- Supply and demand in the Old West -- Have you seen the elephant? -- Firearms: a dangerous necessity in the old west -- A handbook for America's pioneers -- Pulling toward Zion: Young calls flock to travel to mountain home by handcart, 1850 1856 -- The Utah War: the hold Mormons had on Utah is broken, 1857 1858 -- Territory in transition: Army arrives to stay; governors and Pony Express come and go, 1858 1869 -- Browsing through early newspapers -- Frontier medicine -- Timely gull on the Great Salt Lake -- The great camel experiment
• Sommario/riassunto: An illustrated collection of historical articles originally published in the Salt Lake Tribune from 1993 to 1996, InAnother Time provides both an entertaining introduction to Utah and a distinguished and popular historian's summary views of the state's peculiar history.Another Time will entertain and inform newcomers seeking an introductory understanding of what has made Utah different, old hands wanting to know more about the rich complexity of the state's past, and anyone who enjoys well-told historical tales.
• Titolo autorizzato: In another time
• ISBN: 1-283-07795-7; 9786613077950; 0-87421-366-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910213824303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II