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Author : Denis McLoughlin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780710009630
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Old West written by Denis McLoughlin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1975 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Denis McLoughlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781566199612
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Wild and Woolly written by Denis McLoughlin and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2,500 entries on the personalities and events that make up the lore of the Old West.
Author : Robert M. Utley
Publisher : Wings
ISBN 13 : 9780517149881
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (498 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the American West written by Robert M. Utley and published by Wings. This book was released on 1997 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides alphabetical references to the history of the American West during the 19th century.
Author : Steven L. Danver
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1452276064
Total Pages : 825 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West written by Steven L. Danver and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Politics in the American West is an A to Z reference work on the political development of one of America’s most politically distinct, not to mention its fastest growing, region. This work will cover not only the significant events and actors of Western politics, but also deal with key institutional, historical, environmental, and sociopolitical themes and concepts that are important to more fully understanding the politics of the West over the last century.
Author : Richard W. Slatta
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393314731
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (147 download)
Download or read book The Cowboy Encyclopedia written by Richard W. Slatta and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 450 entries provide information on cowboy history, culture, and myth of both North and South America.
Author : Bill O'Neal
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806123356
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (233 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters written by Bill O'Neal and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sifting factual information from among the lies, legends, and tall tales, the lives and battles of gunfighters on both sides of the law are presented in a who's who of the violent West
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the American West written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tricia Martineau Wagner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762767421
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)
Download or read book Black Cowboys of the Old West written by Tricia Martineau Wagner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word cowboy conjures up vivid images of rugged men on saddled horses—men lassoing cattle, riding bulls, or brandishing guns in a shoot-out. White men, as Hollywood remembers them. What is woefully missing from these scenes is their counterparts: the black cowboys who made up one-fourth of the wranglers and rodeo riders. This book tells their story. When the Civil War ended, black men left the Old South in large numbers to seek a living in the Old West—industrious men resolved to carve out a life for themselves on the wild, roaming plains. Some had experience working cattle from their time as slaves; others simply sought a freedom they had never known before. The lucky travelled on horseback; the rest, by foot. Over dirt roads they went from Alabama and South Carolina to present-day Texas and California up north through Kansas to Montana. The Old West was a land of opportunity for these adventurous wranglers and future rodeo champions. A long overdue testament to the courage and skill of black cowboys, Black Cowboys of the Old West finally gives these courageous men their rightful place in history. Praise for an earlier book by the same author: “Whether you are a history enthusiast or a lover of adventure stories, African American Women of the Old West presents the reader with fascinating accounts of ten extraordinary, generally unrecognized, African Americans. Tricia Martineau Wagner takes these remarkable women from the footnotes of history and brings them to life.” —Ed Diaz, President of the Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation
Author : Howard Roberts Lamar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West written by Howard Roberts Lamar and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American West is an evocative term that conjures up images of cowboys and Indians, covered wagons, sheriffs and outlaws, and endless prairies as well as contemporary images ranging from national parks to the oil, aerospace, and film industries. In addition, the West encompasses not only the past and present of the area west of the Mississippi but also the frontier as it moved across each of the fifty American states, offering the promise of freedom and a better life to pioneers and settlers in every era. This authoritative, comprehensive encyclopedia is a rich source of information about these many characteristics of the American West, real and imaginary, old and new, stretching from coast to coast and throughout the country's history and culture.
Author : Jay Robert Nash
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306805912
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia Of Western Lawmen and Outlaws written by Jay Robert Nash and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1994-08-22 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 1000 entries and 400 illustrations, this volume is the most fact-packed history of the West ever assembled. Crime historian extraordinaire Jay Robert Nash has left no stone unturned in his search for the gunmen, train robbers, gangs, desperadoes, range warriors, gamblers, and lawmen that roamed the frontier. Contrary to popular myth, the Wild West was not a glamorous land where chivalry and courage were the custom and a man died with his boots on. It was a land of incredible hardships—brutal weather, hunger and disease, and the constant threat of violent death. Everyone carried a six-shooter, neutrality was impossible, and violence unavoidable; lawmen and outlaws lived side by side, and often there was no telling one from the other. Into this land came pioneers lured by promises of great fortunes, ex-Confederate soldiers embittered by the outcome of the war, greedy cattle barons, and merchant princes. It was truly an explosive mixture.Included in this volume are all the great Western legends—Billy the Kid, Jesse and Frank James, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Judge Roy Bean, ”Wild Bill” Hickock—and a host of lesser-known figures who, though they may have missed notoriety, were equally lethal. And while the West was very much a man's world, several women managed to shoot, steal, or gamble their way to fame—including Belle Starr, Pearl Hart, and Calamity Jane.A compelling read, Encyclopedia of Western Lawmen & Outlaws will be the standard reference for years to come. In addition to alphabetical listings, it offers a glossary of lawmen and a glossary of outlaws, a magnificent photo and illustration appendix, and an extensive bibliography of books on the American West.
Author : Herb Fagen
Publisher : Facts on File
ISBN 13 : 9780816044573
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (445 download)
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Westerns written by Herb Fagen and published by Facts on File. This book was released on 2003 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an alphabetical listing of western films, discussing information on production, cast, and crew, and offering a summary of the plot, and a critical analysis.
Author : Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Gramercy
ISBN 13 : 9780517181737
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (817 download)
Download or read book Saloons of the Old West written by Richard Erdoes and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the saloon as an institution of the Old West illustrated with contemporary photographs and line drawings.
Author : Phil Kovinick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West written by Phil Kovinick and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia is a biographical dictionary of some 1,000 women artists of the American West. The product of a twenty-year, coast-to-coast research project by authors Phil Kovinick and Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, it offers accurate, concise introductions to women painters, graphic artists, and sculptors, all of whom achieved recognition as depictors of Western subjects between the 1840s and 1980. Their styles range from representationalism to early modernism, while their works depict everything from bold landscapes and scenes of intensive action to studies of Native Americans, pioneers, ranchers, farmers, wildlife, and flora. Each entry in the encyclopedia features the salient facts of the artist's life and career, with attention to her work with Western subject matter. Many of the entries also contain a selected list of the artist's exhibitions, current locations of her work in public collections, pertinent references, and a black-and-white example of her work. An overview of the history of women in western art complements the biographical entries.
Author : David Dary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780700608287
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Seeking Pleasure in the Old West written by David Dary and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pioneering Americans of the nineteenth century did not merely rush for gold, lust for land, and thrust aside the West's original inhabitants. These mountain men, cowboys, homesteaders, and cavalry troopers played nearly as hard as they worked, exploiting to the hilt what little leisure they could steal from their labors. Nor did they only carouse-drink, gamble, and womanize-as the West's fiction might suggest. They were spectators at bull and bear fights in California; actors in amateur theatricals in Army garrisons; and participants in communal barn raisings and quilting bees on the prairie. This is a delightful look at a very neglected aspect of the story of westering Americans."-Richard H. Dillon, author of Meriwether Lewis, Fool's Gold, and The Legend of Grizzly Adams. "The men on Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition square-danced to fiddle music. Cowboys' leisure pursuits included singing, storytelling, dominoes, reading, and foot races. U.S. Army soldiers played the newfangled game of baseball and even enjoyed debating and attending concerts. Dary's irresistible narrative recreates card games on Mississippi steamboats, New Orleans balls, frontier campfires and cafe-theatres, Santa Fe saloons, and Wyoming bicycle clubs and mineral spas, and it charts the emergence of a middle class that came to disapprove of prostitution, gambling, drinking, bear-baiting, and buffalo-hunting. An engaging chronicle."-Publishers Weekly. "As David Dary proves in this pleasurable book, the Old West was not all trouble and toil. Much is to be learned here-from mountain men and Indians to cowboys and homesteaders-about how to have fun, no matter the circumstances."-Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. "This lively and good-humored narrative takes the reader on a journey to a time before pleasure ruled lives, a time when fun was where you found it and was what you did when you had time."-Dallas Morning News. "This delightful volume describes activities ranging from the simple and the homespun to the bawdy and elaborate."-Booklist. "A treasury of the colorful characters who spent their brief hour on that wild and woolly stage."-Kansas City Star.
Author : James David Horan
Publisher : New York : Crown Publishers, c1976-c1980.
ISBN 13 : 9780517526804
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (268 download)
Download or read book The Authentic Wild West written by James David Horan and published by New York : Crown Publishers, c1976-c1980.. This book was released on 1976 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounts by eyewitnesses and the outlaws themselves.
Author : Gordon Morris Bakken
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412905508
Total Pages : 945 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West written by Gordon Morris Bakken and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-02-24 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through sweeping entries, focused biographies, community histories, economic enterprise analysis, and demographic studies, this Encyclopedia presents the tapestry of the West and its population during various periods of migration. Examines the settling of the West and includes coverage of movements of American Indians, African Americans, and the often-forgotten role of women in the West's development.
Author : John Whalen
Publisher : DC Comics
ISBN 13 : 9781563893612
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (936 download)
Download or read book The Big Book of the Weird Wild West written by John Whalen and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These bizarre tales are a far cry from the Wild West you remember from the movies. Among the stepping stones to the conquest of North America: cannibalism, mummified murderers, sadism, lynch mobs, bad-luck curses, unexplained decapitations, mysterious airships, cults, communes, and more.
