The lost frontier : momentous moments in the Old West you may have missed / / Rod Miller |
Autore | Miller Rod <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Twodot, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 978 |
Soggetto topico | Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4930-1520-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Head 'Em Up and Move 'Em Out:Trail Driving; Alexander Mackenzie:Crossing the Continent; Zebulon Pike: Lost in theLouisiana Purchase; Maximilian and Bodmer:Science and Art in the Old West; "Corralled for Defense":Indian Attacks on Wagon Trains; Porter Rockwell: God's Gunfighter; Edward Fitzgerald Beale:A Frontiersman for All Reasons; The Free and Independent State of Deseret; Samuel Brannan: The Man Who Startedthe Gold Rush; Before Civil Rights: The Chinese in America; Dear Sir: Corresponding via theJackass Mail; Ships of the Southwest Desert:Camels Join the Army
American Royalty: Emperor Norton IRoot Hog or Die: The Pig War; Randolph B. Marcy: Tour Guide for theWestward Emigration; The Comstock Lode:A Silver-Lined Mountain; Barney Ford: From Runaway Slave toWealthy Businessman; Battle of Glorieta Pass:The Gettysburg of the West; Massacre at Bear River:First, Worst, Forgotten; Adobe Walls: Ruins of a Way of Life; The End of the Civil War:Battle at the End of Texas; First Blood: Showdown in the Street; Jacob Brodbeck: First Flight, First Crash?; Mass Murder: Circleville Massacre; Black Hawk's Last Ride: Reconciliation The Métis: Gone the Way of the BuffaloMaking Barbwire Famous:The Frying Pan Ranch; Surviving a Lead Storm: Elfego Baca; The Birth of the Modern World: Electricity; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797661003321 |
Miller Rod <1952->
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Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Twodot, , 2015 | ||
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The lost frontier : momentous moments in the Old West you may have missed / / Rod Miller |
Autore | Miller Rod <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Twodot, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 978 |
Soggetto topico | Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4930-1520-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Head 'Em Up and Move 'Em Out:Trail Driving; Alexander Mackenzie:Crossing the Continent; Zebulon Pike: Lost in theLouisiana Purchase; Maximilian and Bodmer:Science and Art in the Old West; "Corralled for Defense":Indian Attacks on Wagon Trains; Porter Rockwell: God's Gunfighter; Edward Fitzgerald Beale:A Frontiersman for All Reasons; The Free and Independent State of Deseret; Samuel Brannan: The Man Who Startedthe Gold Rush; Before Civil Rights: The Chinese in America; Dear Sir: Corresponding via theJackass Mail; Ships of the Southwest Desert:Camels Join the Army
American Royalty: Emperor Norton IRoot Hog or Die: The Pig War; Randolph B. Marcy: Tour Guide for theWestward Emigration; The Comstock Lode:A Silver-Lined Mountain; Barney Ford: From Runaway Slave toWealthy Businessman; Battle of Glorieta Pass:The Gettysburg of the West; Massacre at Bear River:First, Worst, Forgotten; Adobe Walls: Ruins of a Way of Life; The End of the Civil War:Battle at the End of Texas; First Blood: Showdown in the Street; Jacob Brodbeck: First Flight, First Crash?; Mass Murder: Circleville Massacre; Black Hawk's Last Ride: Reconciliation The Métis: Gone the Way of the BuffaloMaking Barbwire Famous:The Frying Pan Ranch; Surviving a Lead Storm: Elfego Baca; The Birth of the Modern World: Electricity; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823286403321 |
Miller Rod <1952->
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Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Twodot, , 2015 | ||
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Nevada's remarkable women : daughters, wives, sisters, and mothers who shaped history / / Jan Cleere |
Autore | Cleere Jan |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guildford, Connecticut : , : Twodot, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 979.30099 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CleereJan |
Collana |
Women of the west series
Remarkable American women |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Nevada
Women pioneers - Nevada Frontier and pioneer life - Nevada |
ISBN | 1-4930-1584-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Alison Oram Bowers; Ferminia Sarras; Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins; Lucy Ellen "Nellie"Verrill Mighels Davis; Dat So La Lee; Helen Jane Wiser Stewart; Idah Meacham Strobridge; Eliza Cook; Daughters of Charity; Josephine Reed Pearl; Mayme Virginia CliftonStocker; Anne Henrietta Martin; Ah Cum Kee; Maude Frazier; Felice Cohn; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797518003321 |
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Nevada's remarkable women : daughters, wives, sisters, and mothers who shaped history / / Jan Cleere |
Autore | Cleere Jan |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guildford, Connecticut : , : Twodot, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 979.30099 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CleereJan |
Collana |
Women of the west series
Remarkable American women |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Nevada
Women pioneers - Nevada Frontier and pioneer life - Nevada |
ISBN | 1-4930-1584-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Alison Oram Bowers; Ferminia Sarras; Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins; Lucy Ellen "Nellie"Verrill Mighels Davis; Dat So La Lee; Helen Jane Wiser Stewart; Idah Meacham Strobridge; Eliza Cook; Daughters of Charity; Josephine Reed Pearl; Mayme Virginia CliftonStocker; Anne Henrietta Martin; Ah Cum Kee; Maude Frazier; Felice Cohn; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812988203321 |
Cleere Jan
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Oregon myths and legends : the true stories behind history's mysteries / / Jim Yuskavitch |
Autore | Yuskavitch James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Twodot, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 979.5 |
Collana | Legends of the West Series |
Soggetto topico |
Curiosities and wonders - Oregon
Legends - Oregon |
ISBN | 1-4930-2827-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | D. B. Cooper, mystery hijacker -- Bigfoot, the wild man of Oregon -- The Bridge of the Gods -- The Port Orford meteorite mystery -- The lost blue bucket mine -- The haunting of Heceta House -- The wreck of the Beeswax Galleon -- The Oregon vortex -- The Wallowa Lake monster -- Portland, Shanghai City -- Pirate treasures buried, haunted, and cursed -- Gone missing on Mount Emily -- Mass murder in the High Cascades. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153173703321 |
Yuskavitch James
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She speaks to me : Western women's view of the West through poetry and song / / Jill Charlotte Stanford ; with photographs by Robin L. Green |
Autore | Stanford Jill Charlotte |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Twodot, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina | 811.008/092870978 |
Soggetto topico |
American poetry - West (U.S.)
Women ranchers Cowgirls Ranch life Women - West (U.S.) American poetry - Women authors American poetry - 21st century American poetry - 20th century |
ISBN | 1-4930-1904-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
FOREWORD; PROLOGUE; AMY HALE AUKER Prescott, Arizona; SALLY BATES Chino Valley, Arizona; VIRGINIA BENNETT Goldendale, Washington; NIKI BERG Atlanta, Georgia; TERESA BURLESON Weatherford, Texas; DORIS DALEY Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada; JANICE GILBERTSON King City, California; AUDREY HANKINS Skull Valley, Arizona; JONI HARMS Canby, Oregon; LINDA HASSELSTROM Hermosa, South Dakota; JESSICA HEDGES Lovelock, Nevada; DEBRA COPPINGER HILL Chelsea, Oklahoma; YVONNE HOLLENBECK Clearfield, South Dakota; STACY JENNE Douglas, Wyoming; DEE "BUCKSHOT DOT" STRICKLAND JOHNSON Payson, Arizona
RANDI JOHNSON Great Basin, OregonJO LYNNE KIRKWOOD Sigurd, Utah; ECHO KLAPROTH Shoshoni, Wyoming; DEANNA DICKINSON McCALL Timberon, New Mexico; RENEE MEADOR Big Horn, Wyoming; LYN MESSERSMITH Alliance, Nebraska; KATHY MOSS Canyon City, Oregon; LAURALEE NORTHCOTT Winthrop, Washington; SKYE MESA OGILVIE Missoula, Montana; EVELYN ROPER Gunnison, Colorado; SANDY SEATON SALLEE Paradise Valley, Montana; ANN SOCHAT Canutillo, Texas; RHONDA STEARNS Newcastle, Wyoming; JODY STRAND Baker, Montana; TINA WILLIS Wheatland, Wyoming; THANKS AND GRATITUDE; SOURCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER |
Altri titoli varianti | Western women's view of the West through poetry and song |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798691003321 |
Stanford Jill Charlotte
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Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Twodot, , 2016 | ||
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She speaks to me : Western women's view of the West through poetry and song / / Jill Charlotte Stanford ; with photographs by Robin L. Green |
Autore | Stanford Jill Charlotte |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Twodot, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina | 811.008/092870978 |
Soggetto topico |
American poetry - West (U.S.)
Women ranchers Cowgirls Ranch life Women - West (U.S.) American poetry - Women authors American poetry - 21st century American poetry - 20th century |
ISBN | 1-4930-1904-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
FOREWORD; PROLOGUE; AMY HALE AUKER Prescott, Arizona; SALLY BATES Chino Valley, Arizona; VIRGINIA BENNETT Goldendale, Washington; NIKI BERG Atlanta, Georgia; TERESA BURLESON Weatherford, Texas; DORIS DALEY Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada; JANICE GILBERTSON King City, California; AUDREY HANKINS Skull Valley, Arizona; JONI HARMS Canby, Oregon; LINDA HASSELSTROM Hermosa, South Dakota; JESSICA HEDGES Lovelock, Nevada; DEBRA COPPINGER HILL Chelsea, Oklahoma; YVONNE HOLLENBECK Clearfield, South Dakota; STACY JENNE Douglas, Wyoming; DEE "BUCKSHOT DOT" STRICKLAND JOHNSON Payson, Arizona
RANDI JOHNSON Great Basin, OregonJO LYNNE KIRKWOOD Sigurd, Utah; ECHO KLAPROTH Shoshoni, Wyoming; DEANNA DICKINSON McCALL Timberon, New Mexico; RENEE MEADOR Big Horn, Wyoming; LYN MESSERSMITH Alliance, Nebraska; KATHY MOSS Canyon City, Oregon; LAURALEE NORTHCOTT Winthrop, Washington; SKYE MESA OGILVIE Missoula, Montana; EVELYN ROPER Gunnison, Colorado; SANDY SEATON SALLEE Paradise Valley, Montana; ANN SOCHAT Canutillo, Texas; RHONDA STEARNS Newcastle, Wyoming; JODY STRAND Baker, Montana; TINA WILLIS Wheatland, Wyoming; THANKS AND GRATITUDE; SOURCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER |
Altri titoli varianti | Western women's view of the West through poetry and song |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814662503321 |
Stanford Jill Charlotte
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Utah curiosities : quirky characters, roadside oddities & offbeat fun / / Brandon Griggs |
Autore | Griggs Brandon |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Twodot, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Collana | Curiosities series |
ISBN | 1-4930-2270-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction; Northern; Salt Lake Valley; Northeast; West Desert; Central; Colorado Plateau; Dixie; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author |
Altri titoli varianti | Utah curiosities : quirky characters, roadside oddities and offbeat fun |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798232003321 |
Griggs Brandon
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Utah curiosities : quirky characters, roadside oddities & offbeat fun / / Brandon Griggs |
Autore | Griggs Brandon |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Twodot, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Collana | Curiosities series |
ISBN | 1-4930-2270-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction; Northern; Salt Lake Valley; Northeast; West Desert; Central; Colorado Plateau; Dixie; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author |
Altri titoli varianti | Utah curiosities : quirky characters, roadside oddities and offbeat fun |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821253803321 |
Griggs Brandon
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Wildest lives of the wild West : America through the words of wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, and other famous Westerners / / edited by John Richard Stephens |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Twodot, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
Disciplina | 917.3040922 |
Soggetto topico | Frontier and pioneer life - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Personal Narrative
Biography Biographies. History Personal narratives. Récits personnels. |
ISBN | 1-4930-2444-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Wildest Lives Of The Wild West ; CONTENTS ; Author's Note; Celebrities of the Wild West (introduction) ; The Making of a Legend; Wild Bill Hickok, US Army Scout; Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill; The Lincoln County War; A Terrible Place to Put a Fellow; Billy the Kid Dies, But Not with His Boots On; Life and Adventures of a Wild West Celebrity; Life on Apache and Comanche Reservations ; Living as an Apache; Coming of the White Man; On the Run for Murder; Cowboy Trouble in Dodge; The Gunfight near the O.K. Corral; Tombstone and Trouble in Colorado; Frontier Men and Women
Wild Rough Riders of the PlainsConflicts with the Indians; Highwaymen of the Railroad; The Last of the Dalton Gang; Letters Home; Living in the Wild West; Recommended Reading/Bibliography; Index; About the Author/Editor |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798691403321 |
Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Twodot, , 2017 | ||
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