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

• Autore: Milner Clyde A. <1948->
• 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
• 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.: 9910820070503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II