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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
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| 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 / / Amos Jay Cummings ; edited and compiled by Jerald T. Milanich
| A remarkable curiosity : dispatches from a New York City journalist's 1873 railroad trip across the American West / / Amos Jay Cummings ; edited and compiled by Jerald T. Milanich |
| Autore | Cummings Amos J (Amos Jay), <1841-1902.> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colo., : University Press of Colorado, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina | 917.804/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MilanichJerald T |
| Soggetto topico |
Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
Natural history - West (U.S.) Journalists - New York (State) - New York Railroad travel - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-4571-1045-8
0-87081-985-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Over the Kansas plains -- The earthly paradise -- A Canadian in Colorado -- The Petrified stumps -- The town in the desert -- The fate of a gold seeker -- In the golden gulches -- The story of little Emma -- The seventeenth wife -- The great Utah divorce -- An interesting conversation with Ann Eliza Young -- The prophet's divorce -- The Arizona expedition -- The Mormon pioneers -- The American Dead Sea -- Mutton chops by the million -- The king of the jack rabbits -- The funeral postponed -- Duel with six-shooters. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816512703321 |
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Cummings Amos J (Amos Jay), <1841-1902.>
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| Boulder, Colo., : University Press of Colorado, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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