A Remarkable Curiosity : Dispatches from a New York City Journalist's 1873 Railroad Trip across the American West |
Autore | Cummings Amos |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sebastopol : , : University Press of Colorado, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina | 917.804/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MilanichJerald T |
Soggetto topico |
Travel
Railroad travel Natural history Manners and customs Journalists Frontier and pioneer life Cummings, Amos J - (Amos Jay) - 1841-1902 - Travel - West (U.S.) Railroad travel - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century Journalists - New York (State) - New York Natural history - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Personal correspondence
History Biographies. |
ISBN |
1-4571-1045-8
0-87081-985-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
12: The Prophet's DivorceStrangers in a Strange Land; 13: The Arizona Expedition; 14: THe Mormon Pioneers; 15: The American Dead Sea; Lambs and Other Fauna to the Slaughter; 16: Mutton Chops by the Million; 17: The King of the Jack Rabbits; 18: The Funeral Postponed; 19: Duel with Six-Shooters; The Return Trip Home; Bibliography; Index.
Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Intro: Amos Jay Cummings andHis Journey across America; The Flat Earth Society; 1: Over the Kansas Plains; 2: The Earthly Paradise; Crops of Grain, Stumps of Stone, and a Town without Rumbirds; 3: A Canadian in Colorado; 4: The Petrified Stumps; 5: The Town in the Desert; Underlying Wealth; 6: The Fate of a Gold Seeker; 7: In the Golden Gulches; 8: The Story of Little Emma; I Met a Man with Seventeen Wives:Divorce Mormon Style; 9: The Seventeenth Wife; 10: The Great Utah Divorce; 11: An Interesting Conversationwith Ann Eliza Young. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778533303321 |
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A Remarkable Curiosity : Dispatches from a New York City Journalist's 1873 Railroad Trip across the American West |
Autore | Cummings Amos |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sebastopol : , : University Press of Colorado, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina |
917.804/2
917.8042 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MilanichJerald T |
Soggetto topico |
Travel
Railroad travel Natural history Manners and customs Journalists Frontier and pioneer life Cummings, Amos J - (Amos Jay) - 1841-1902 - Travel - West (U.S.) Railroad travel - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century Journalists - New York (State) - New York Natural history - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Personal correspondence
History Biographies. |
ISBN |
1-4571-1045-8
0-87081-985-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
12: The Prophet's DivorceStrangers in a Strange Land; 13: The Arizona Expedition; 14: THe Mormon Pioneers; 15: The American Dead Sea; Lambs and Other Fauna to the Slaughter; 16: Mutton Chops by the Million; 17: The King of the Jack Rabbits; 18: The Funeral Postponed; 19: Duel with Six-Shooters; The Return Trip Home; Bibliography; Index.
Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Intro: Amos Jay Cummings andHis Journey across America; The Flat Earth Society; 1: Over the Kansas Plains; 2: The Earthly Paradise; Crops of Grain, Stumps of Stone, and a Town without Rumbirds; 3: A Canadian in Colorado; 4: The Petrified Stumps; 5: The Town in the Desert; Underlying Wealth; 6: The Fate of a Gold Seeker; 7: In the Golden Gulches; 8: The Story of Little Emma; I Met a Man with Seventeen Wives:Divorce Mormon Style; 9: The Seventeenth Wife; 10: The Great Utah Divorce; 11: An Interesting Conversationwith Ann Eliza Young. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816512703321 |
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Soldier, sister, spy, scout : women soldiers and patriots on the Western frontier / / Chris Enss and JoAnn Chartier |
Autore | Enss Chris <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 920.72 |
Soggetto topico |
Women pioneers - West (U.S.)
Women soldiers - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4930-2340-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Francita Alavez Angel of Goliad; Chapter 2 Juana Navarro Alsbury Alamo Survivor; Chapter 3 Susan Shelby Magoffin Bride of the Santa Fe Trail; Chapter 4 Frances Boyd The Lieutenant's Wife; Chapter 5 Cathy Williams Buffalo Soldier; Chapter 6 Charley Hatfield Gallant Rebel; Chapter 7 Winema Woman Chief; Chapter 8 Elizabeth Custer Champion of the Seventh; Chapter 9 Lozen The Warrior Shaman; Chapter 10 Sarah Winnemucca Paiute Princess; Chapter 11 Calamity Jane Mysterious Marvel; Chapter 12 Juliet Fish Nichols Lighthouse Keeper
Chapter 13 Pauline Cushman Spy of the CumberlandBibliography; Index; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798199703321 |
Enss Chris <1961->
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Soldier, sister, spy, scout : women soldiers and patriots on the Western frontier / / Chris Enss and JoAnn Chartier |
Autore | Enss Chris <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 920.72 |
Soggetto topico |
Women pioneers - West (U.S.)
Women soldiers - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4930-2340-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Francita Alavez Angel of Goliad; Chapter 2 Juana Navarro Alsbury Alamo Survivor; Chapter 3 Susan Shelby Magoffin Bride of the Santa Fe Trail; Chapter 4 Frances Boyd The Lieutenant's Wife; Chapter 5 Cathy Williams Buffalo Soldier; Chapter 6 Charley Hatfield Gallant Rebel; Chapter 7 Winema Woman Chief; Chapter 8 Elizabeth Custer Champion of the Seventh; Chapter 9 Lozen The Warrior Shaman; Chapter 10 Sarah Winnemucca Paiute Princess; Chapter 11 Calamity Jane Mysterious Marvel; Chapter 12 Juliet Fish Nichols Lighthouse Keeper
Chapter 13 Pauline Cushman Spy of the CumberlandBibliography; Index; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824033303321 |
Enss Chris <1961->
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Twenty thousand roads [[electronic resource] ] : women, movement, and the West / / Virginia Scharff |
Autore | Scharff Virginia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 978/.02/082 |
Soggetto topico |
Women pioneers - West (U.S.)
Women - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786612359668
0-520-93703-1 1-4175-2536-3 1-282-35966-5 1-59734-969-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: BEFORE THE WEST -- PART TWO: IN THE WEST -- PART THREE: BEYOND THE WEST -- NOTES -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450544303321 |
Scharff Virginia
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Twenty thousand roads [[electronic resource] ] : women, movement, and the West / / Virginia Scharff |
Autore | Scharff Virginia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 978/.02/082 |
Soggetto topico |
Women pioneers - West (U.S.)
Women - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
20th century america american expansion american west cultural boundaries exploration fabiola cabeza de baca famous women gender issues gender studies grace hebard historians historical women nonfiction stories pamela des barres political boundaries race issues sacagawea santa fe trail social justice susan magoffin textbooks travel united states history western history western travel westward movement women and travel |
ISBN |
9786612359668
0-520-93703-1 1-4175-2536-3 1-282-35966-5 1-59734-969-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: BEFORE THE WEST -- PART TWO: IN THE WEST -- PART THREE: BEYOND THE WEST -- NOTES -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783171003321 |
Scharff Virginia
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Twenty thousand roads [[electronic resource] ] : women, movement, and the West / / Virginia Scharff |
Autore | Scharff Virginia |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 978/.02/082 |
Soggetto topico |
Women pioneers - West (U.S.)
Women - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
20th century america american expansion american west cultural boundaries exploration fabiola cabeza de baca famous women gender issues gender studies grace hebard historians historical women nonfiction stories pamela des barres political boundaries race issues sacagawea santa fe trail social justice susan magoffin textbooks travel united states history western history western travel westward movement women and travel |
ISBN |
9786612359668
0-520-93703-1 1-4175-2536-3 1-282-35966-5 1-59734-969-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: BEFORE THE WEST -- PART TWO: IN THE WEST -- PART THREE: BEYOND THE WEST -- NOTES -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816584603321 |
Scharff Virginia
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Wild west women : fifty lives that shaped the frontier / / edited by Erin H. Turner |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 920.720978 |
Soggetto topico |
Women pioneers - West (U.S.)
Women - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4930-2334-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; ALASKA WOMEN; NELLIE NEAL LAWING; ETTA EUGENIE SCHUREMAN JONES; FLORENCE BARRETT WILLOUGHBY; ANFESIA SHAPSNIKOFF; ARIZONA WOMEN; LOZEN; SISTER MARY FIDELIA MCMAHON; MARY-RUSSELL FERRELL COLTON; CARMEN LEE BAN; CALIFORNIA WOMEN; MARY ELLEN PLEASANT; TOBY RIDDLE; MARY AUSTIN; TYE LEUNG SCHULZE; COLORADO WOMEN; "AUNT CLARA" BROWN; FLORENCE SABIN; JOSEPHINE ROCHE; IDAHO WOMEN; LOUISE SIUWHEEM; KITTY C. WILKINS; EMMA RUSSELL YEARIAN; KANSAS WOMEN; LILLA DAY MONROE; ELLA DELORIA; PEGGY HULL; MISSOURI WOMEN; ALICE BERRY GRAHAM & KATHARINE BERRY RICHARDSON; ROSE CECIL O'NEILL
NELL DONNELLY REEDMONTANA WOMEN; LUCIA DARLING PARK; MOTHER AMADEUS; NANCY COOPER RUSSELL; FANNIE SPERRY STEELE; NEVADA WOMEN; SARAH WINNEMUCCA HOPKINS; ELIZA COOK; MAUDE FRAZIER; NEW MEXICO; MARY COLTER; NINA OTERO-WARREN; LAURA GILPIN; OKLAHOMA WOMEN; CATHERINE "KATE" ANN BARNARD; RACHEL CAROLINE EATON; DOROTHY K. BARRACK PRESSLER MORGAN; LUCILLE MULHALL; OREGON WOMEN; ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY; LOLA GREENE BALDWIN; ALICE DAY PRATT; TEXAS WOMEN; LEONOR VILLEGAS DE MAGNÓN; JESSIE DANIEL AMES; BESSIE COLEMAN; UTAH WOMEN; PATTY SESSIONS; REVA BECK BOSONE; JUANITA BROOKS; WASHINGTON WOMEN MARY ANN BOREN DENNYMOTHER JOSEPH; THEA CHRISTIANSEN FOSS; Bibliography; Sources; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798127303321 |
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Wild west women : fifty lives that shaped the frontier / / edited by Erin H. Turner |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 920.720978 |
Soggetto topico |
Women pioneers - West (U.S.)
Women - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4930-2334-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; ALASKA WOMEN; NELLIE NEAL LAWING; ETTA EUGENIE SCHUREMAN JONES; FLORENCE BARRETT WILLOUGHBY; ANFESIA SHAPSNIKOFF; ARIZONA WOMEN; LOZEN; SISTER MARY FIDELIA MCMAHON; MARY-RUSSELL FERRELL COLTON; CARMEN LEE BAN; CALIFORNIA WOMEN; MARY ELLEN PLEASANT; TOBY RIDDLE; MARY AUSTIN; TYE LEUNG SCHULZE; COLORADO WOMEN; "AUNT CLARA" BROWN; FLORENCE SABIN; JOSEPHINE ROCHE; IDAHO WOMEN; LOUISE SIUWHEEM; KITTY C. WILKINS; EMMA RUSSELL YEARIAN; KANSAS WOMEN; LILLA DAY MONROE; ELLA DELORIA; PEGGY HULL; MISSOURI WOMEN; ALICE BERRY GRAHAM & KATHARINE BERRY RICHARDSON; ROSE CECIL O'NEILL
NELL DONNELLY REEDMONTANA WOMEN; LUCIA DARLING PARK; MOTHER AMADEUS; NANCY COOPER RUSSELL; FANNIE SPERRY STEELE; NEVADA WOMEN; SARAH WINNEMUCCA HOPKINS; ELIZA COOK; MAUDE FRAZIER; NEW MEXICO; MARY COLTER; NINA OTERO-WARREN; LAURA GILPIN; OKLAHOMA WOMEN; CATHERINE "KATE" ANN BARNARD; RACHEL CAROLINE EATON; DOROTHY K. BARRACK PRESSLER MORGAN; LUCILLE MULHALL; OREGON WOMEN; ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY; LOLA GREENE BALDWIN; ALICE DAY PRATT; TEXAS WOMEN; LEONOR VILLEGAS DE MAGNÓN; JESSIE DANIEL AMES; BESSIE COLEMAN; UTAH WOMEN; PATTY SESSIONS; REVA BECK BOSONE; JUANITA BROOKS; WASHINGTON WOMEN MARY ANN BOREN DENNYMOTHER JOSEPH; THEA CHRISTIANSEN FOSS; Bibliography; Sources; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814366703321 |
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Wildest lives of the frontier : through the eyes of Jesse James, George Armstrong Custer, and other famous Westerners / / edited by John Richard Stephens |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 978 |
Soggetto topico | Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
ISBN |
1-4930-2441-8
1-4930-2442-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A note about the text -- John Richard Stephens - Going west (introduction) -- Daniel Boone - Claiming the Kentucky wilderness -- Lewis and Clark - Sacagawea -- Sacagawea - Red Hair and Long Knife -- Davy Crockett - Brushes with death -- Black Hawk - The Black Hawk War -- John C. Fremont - Indians, buffalo, and Kit Carson -- John C. Fremont - Kit Carson pursues horse thieves -- Kit Carson - Chasing horse thieves -- Kit Carson - Indian conflicts and the war in California -- John Sutter - Discovering gold -- Buffalo Bill - Riding for the Pony Express -- Mark Twain - A black speck against the sky -- Mark Twain - Smitten with the silver fever -- Jesse James - Rebel guerrillas and bank robbers -- Cole Younger - The disastrous Northfield Bank robbery -- Frank James - Breaking off from my bohemian life -- George Armstrong Custer - The massacre of some of Custer's men -- Buffalo Bill - Custer and Little Bighorn -- Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse's deathbed statement -- Sitting Bull - Little Bighorn and Custer's death. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798632503321 |
Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2017 | ||
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