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Author : Irving Stone
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Men to Match My Mountains written by Irving Stone and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irving Stone
Publisher : Berkley Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780425093511
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (935 download)
Download or read book Men to Match My Mountains written by Irving Stone and published by Berkley Publishing Group. This book was released on 1986-01-15 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our most acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction has turned his magnificent talent to telling America's most colorful and exciting story-the opening of the Far West. Men to Match My Mountains is a true historical masterpiece, an unforgettable pageant of giants-men like John Sutter, whose dream of paradise was shattered by the California Gold Rush; Brigham Young and the Mormons who tamed the desert with Bible texts; and the silver kings and the miners who developed Nevada's Comstock Lode and settled the Rockies. America called for greatness ... and got it. There is nothing else in history to match the stories of these men who braved a wilderness to bring a new nation to the shores of the Pacific. Book jacket.
Author : Irving Stone
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Men to Match My Mountains ; Opening of the Far W ... written by Irving Stone and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irving Stone
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Download or read book Men to Match My Mountains written by Irving Stone and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irving Stone
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Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (459 download)
Download or read book Men to Match My Mountains, the Opening of the Far West, 1840-1900, by Irving Stone written by Irving Stone and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irving Stone
Publisher : Berkley
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Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Men to Match My Mountains written by Irving Stone and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1956 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers "California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado."
Author : Irving Stone
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417616206
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Men To Match My Mountains written by Irving Stone and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1987-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories which provides an insight into the colorful and diverse personalities of the settlers who helped tame America's Far West
Author : Irving Stone
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ISBN 13 : 9780552086080
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Men to Match My Mountains: The building of a civilization written by Irving Stone and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irving Stone
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Download or read book Men to match my mountains written by Irving Stone and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert J. Willoughby
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826272916
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)
Download or read book The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West written by Robert J. Willoughby and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a unique biographical format, Robert Willoughby interweaves the stories of six brothers who shaped the American trans-Mississippi West during the first five decades of the nineteenth century. After migrating from French Canada to St. Louis, the brothers Robidoux—Joseph, Francois, Antoine, Louis, Michel, and Isadore—and their father, Joseph, became significant members in the business, fur trading, and land speculation communities, frequently interacting with upper-class members of the French society. Upon coming of age, the brothers followed their father into the fur business and American Indian trade. The oldest of the six, Joseph, led the group on an expedition up the Missouri River as Lewis and Clark had once done, designating a path of trade sites along their journey until they reached their destination at present-day Omaha, Nebraska. Eventually the younger brothers set out on their own westward expedition in the mid 1820s, reaching both Colorado and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Joseph eventually became a town founder in northwest Missouri near Blacksnake Creek. Antoine and Louis traveled as far as California, finally settling in Santa Fe where they became prominent citizens. As a trapper and trader, Michel endured many hardships and close calls during his journey across the West. Francois and Isadore made their home in New Mexico, maintaining a close relationship with Joseph in Missouri. Though frequently under contract by others, the brothers did their best work when allowed to freelance and make their own rules. The brothers would ultimately pass on their prosperous legacy of ranging, exploring, trading, and town-building to a new generation of settlers. As the nature of the fur trade changed, so did the brothers’ business model. They began focusing on outfitting western migrants, town folk, and farmers. Their practices made each of them wealthy; however, they all died poor. To understand the opening of the American West, one must first know about men like the brothers Robidoux. Their lives are the framework for stories about the American frontier. By using primary sources located at the Missouri Historical Society, the Mexican Archives of New Mexico, and the Huntington Library, as well as contemporary accounts written by those who knew them, Willoughby has now told the Robidouxs’ story.
Author : Sally Denton
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803213685
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (136 download)
Download or read book Passion and Principle written by Sally Denton and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Charles Främont was the illegitimate child of a Virginia aristocrat and a working-class French immigrant; Jessie Benton was the daughter of the most powerful pre-Civil War U.S. senator, Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, and, her gender notwithstanding, had been groomed as much as any young man to be president. Senator Benton unwittingly brought the two together, never imagining that his daughter would fall in love with Främont. Despite their disparate backgrounds, however, John and Jessie?s marriage was one of the most storied events of the nineteenth century. And indeed, Jessie and John made a formidable couple. Both together and apart they contributed significantly to shaping the United States. He was a key figure in western expansion and the first presidential candidate for the Republican Party. She was a savvy political operator who played confidante and adviser to the highest political powers in the country. Despite their great efforts on behalf of their country, however, their reputations did not survive a Washington smear campaign led by none other than Jessie?s father. Written with an investigative journalist?s eye for detail and a novelist?s flair, this biography of explorer, politician, and gold-mine owner John C. Främont and his intellectual wife, Jessie Benton Främont, also casts light on the tumultuous period that forms the backdrop for their lives, from the abolition of slavery to the building of the railroad.
Author : Matthew P. Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 076276211X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)
Download or read book Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears written by Matthew P. Mayo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-01-06 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From slaughters, shootouts, and massacres to maulings, lynchings, and natural disasters, Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears cuts to the chase of what draws people to the history and literature of the Wild West. Matthew P. Mayo, noted author of Western novels, takes the fifty wildest episodes in the region’s history and presents them in one action-packed volume. Set on the plains, mountains, and deserts of the West, and arranged chronologically, they capture all the mystique and allure of that special time and place in America’s history. Read about: John Colter’s harrowing escape from the Blackfeet Hugh Glass’s six-week crawl to civilization after a grizzly attack Janette Riker’s brutal winter in the Rockies John Wesley Powell’s treacherous run through the rapids of the Grand Canyon The Earp Brothers’ hot-tempered gun battle at Tombstone General Custer’s ill-advised final clash with the Sioux
Author : Gordon Korman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338629123
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (386 download)
Download or read book Linked written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestseller Gordon Korman Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's the only Jewish girl in the whole town, everyone's treating her more like an outsider than ever. The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further. The closer Link, Michael, and Dana get to the truth, the more there is to face-not just the crimes of the present, but the crimes of the past. With Linked, Gordon Korman, the author of the acclaimed novel Restart, poses a mystery for all readers where the who did it? isn't nearly as important as the why?
Author : Louis L'Amour
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0593722698
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (937 download)
Download or read book To the Far Blue Mountains(Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures) written by Louis L'Amour and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In To the Far Blue Mountains, Louis L’Amour weaves the unforgettable tale of a man who, after returning to his homeland, discovers that finding his way back to America may be impossible. As part of the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials! Barnabas Sackett was leaving England to make his fortune in the New World. But as he settled his affairs, he learned that a royal warrant had been sworn out against him and that men were searching for him in every port. At issue were some rare gold coins Sackett had sold to finance his first trip to the Americas—coins believed to be part of a great treasure lost by King John years before. Believing that Sackett possesses the rest of the treasure, Queen Bess will stop at nothing to find him. If he’s caught, not only will his dream of a life in America be lost, but he will be brutally tortured and put to death on the gallows. Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author’s more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. In Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volumes 1 and 2, Beau L’Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L’Amour’s never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. Additionally, many beloved classics are being rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish.
Author : William L. Tennent
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book John Jarvie of Brown's Park written by William L. Tennent and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irving Stone
Publisher : N A L Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780452275010
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Depths of Glory written by Irving Stone and published by N A L Trade. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional profile of the painter traces his life and career at the center of a circle of artists who founded Impressionism
Author : Michael J. Makley
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874176697
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)
Download or read book The Infamous King Of The Comstock written by Michael J. Makley and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2006-01-09 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Sharon was one of the most colorful scoundrels in the nineteenth-century mining West. He epitomized the robber barons of the nation’s Gilded Age and the political corruption and moral decay for which that period remains notorious; yet he was also a visionary capitalist who controlled more than a dozen of the greatest mines on Nevada’s mighty Comstock Lode, built the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, manipulated speculation and prices on the San Francisco Stock Exchange, and revived the collapsed Bank of California. One enemy called him “a thoroughly bad man—a man entirely void of principle,” while a Comstock neighbor called him “one of the best men that ever lived in Virginia City.” Both descriptions were reasonably accurate. In this first-ever biography of one of Nevada’s most reviled historical figures, author Michael Makley examines Sharon’s complex nature and the turbulent times in which he flourished. Arriving in San Francisco shortly after the Gold Rush began, Sharon was soon involved in real estate, politics, banking, and stock speculation, and he was a party in several of the era’s most shocking business and sexual scandals. When he moved to Virginia City, Nevada’s mushrooming silver boomtown, his business dealings there soon made him known as the “King of the Comstock.” Makley’s engaging and meticulously researched account not only lays bare the life of the notorious but enigmatic Sharon but examines the broader historical context of his career—the complex business relationships between San Francisco and the booming gold and silver mining camps of the Far West; the machinations of rampant Gilded Age capitalism; and the sophisticated financial and technological infrastructure that supported Virginia City’s boomtown economy. The Infamous King of the Comstock offers a significant fresh perspective on Nevada and the mining West.
