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A Remarkable Curiosity : Dispatches from a New York City Journalist's 1873 Railroad Trip across the American West
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
Cummings Amos  
Sebastopol : , : University Press of Colorado, , 2011
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A Remarkable Curiosity : Dispatches from a New York City Journalist's 1873 Railroad Trip across the American West
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
Cummings Amos  
Sebastopol : , : University Press of Colorado, , 2011
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Soldier, sister, spy, scout : women soldiers and patriots on the Western frontier / / Chris Enss and JoAnn Chartier
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->  
Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016
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Soldier, sister, spy, scout : women soldiers and patriots on the Western frontier / / Chris Enss and JoAnn Chartier
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->  
Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016
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Twenty thousand roads [[electronic resource] ] : women, movement, and the West / / Virginia Scharff
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  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003
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Twenty thousand roads [[electronic resource] ] : women, movement, and the West / / Virginia Scharff
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  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003
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Twenty thousand roads [[electronic resource] ] : women, movement, and the West / / Virginia Scharff
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  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003
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Wild west women : fifty lives that shaped the frontier / / edited by Erin H. Turner
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
Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016
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Wild west women : fifty lives that shaped the frontier / / edited by Erin H. Turner
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
Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016
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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
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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