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Author : Randolph Barnes Marcy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Prairie Traveler written by Randolph Barnes Marcy and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Randolph Barnes Marcy
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Prairie Traveller, a Hand-book for Overland Expeditions written by Randolph Barnes Marcy and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was published at the time of the great western trek across America of the early pioneers. It was essentially the only real handbook available to help those people to deal with the problems they encountered on their travels, besides also giving them maps.
Author : Randolph Barnes Marcy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Prairie Traveler written by Randolph Barnes Marcy and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was the indispensable handbook for American pioneers traveling west in the mid 19th century. Commissioned and published by the U.S. government and written in a straightforward and helpful voice by U.S. Army officer Randolph Barnes Marcy (1812-1887), it offers all the useful and necessary advice overland travelers to the far West needed to ensure a safe journey: . the different routes to California and Oregon . how to pack a wagon for the journey . finding and purifying water . repairing broken wagons . weathering storms . how to handle saddle wounds . the best way to make a fire on the prairie . interacting with Indians . hints on the best methods of hunting . and much more. Complete with all the original maps and illustrations, this replica edition is a remarkable artifact of one of the most exciting and dangerous eras in American history.
Author : Randolph Barnes Marcy
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Prairie Traveler: A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions written by Randolph Barnes Marcy and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Prairie Traveler' is a travel guidebook to the western trails, written by Randolph Barnes Marcy. He was an officer in the United States Army. This book became a key handbook for the thousands of Americans wanting to cross the continent. It was written based on his own extensive experience of "more than thirty years of service in the United States Army, a large portion of the time on the frontiers" and in the mountains, deserts, and prairies, the book provided authoritative advice about reconnaissance, fieldcraft, provisions, and healthcare, that would save many lives on these perilous routes. It covered key topics like hunting and tracking, food and water supply, as well as specialist advice about the selection of horses, the avoiding of quicksands, the interpreting of smoke signals and sign language, and numerous other issues. 'The Prairie Traveler' was one of the best-selling books in the U.S. in the 19th century.
Author : Randolph B. Marcy
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 9781628736663
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (366 download)
Download or read book The Prairie Traveler written by Randolph B. Marcy and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and finest handbook for travelers of the Old American West. First published in 1859, The Prairie Traveler was the indispensable book for looking to follow the American dream, pull up stakes, head into the wilderness of the frontier, and build a new life out West. With the official blessing of the US War Department, Randolph Marcy, a captain in the US Army, published The Prairie Traveler as the ultimate guide for these pioneers, covering everything from the best way to move wagons over hostile terrain and what to pack, to describing over thirty-four different trails to be taken and the dangers one may face on the way. Captain Marcy also passes on the knowledge he gained from local Indian tribes, from how to cook and wage war to their subtle tribal differences and customs. The Prairie Traveler stands as an important piece of early American literature, and as a fascinating presentation of the now-lost Wild West: its perils, its rewards, and ultimately, the achievements of those who worked hard to survive. Captain Marcy’s guide remains the essential guide for those who wish to discover the trials and tribulations of the early pioneers of America, and it is an indispensable addition to any historical collection. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Author : Randolph Barnes Marcy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Prairie Traveler ; a Hand-book for Overland Expeditions written by Randolph Barnes Marcy and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Randolph Barnes Marcy
Publisher : University of Michigan Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Prairie Traveler written by Randolph Barnes Marcy and published by University of Michigan Library. This book was released on 1863 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shirley Shirley
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587292203
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (872 download)
Download or read book Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie written by Shirley Shirley and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iowa is the only state that lies entirely within the natural region of the tallgrass prairie. Early documents indicate that 95 percent of the state—close to 30 million acres—was covered by prairie vegetation at the time of Euro-American settlement. By 1930 the prairie sod had been almost totally converted to cropland; only about 30,000 acres of the original “great green sea” remained. Now, in this gracefully illustrated manual, Shirley Shirley has created a step-by-step guide to reconstructing the natural landscape of Iowa and the Upper Midwest. Chapters on planning, obtaining and selecting plants and seeds, starting seeds indoors, preparing the site, planting, and maintenance set the stage for comprehensive species accounts. Shirley gives firsthand information on soil, moisture, sun, and pH requirements; location, size, and structure; blooming time and color; and propagation, germination, and harvesting for more than a hundred wildflowers and grasses. Shirley's sketches—all drawn from native plants and from seedlings that she grew herself—will be valuable for even the most experienced gardener. While other books typically feature only the flowering plant, her careful drawings show the three stages of the seedlings, the flower, and the seedhead with seeds as well as the entire plant. This practical and attractive volume will help anyone dedicated to reconstructing the lost “emerald growth” of the historic tallgrass prairie.
Author : Randolph B. Marcy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 3752411465
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book The Prairie Traveler written by Randolph B. Marcy and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Prairie Traveler by Randolph B. Marcy
Author : Jennifer Laing
Publisher : Channel View Publications
ISBN 13 : 1845413482
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)
Download or read book Books and Travel written by Jennifer Laing and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books that we read, whether travel-focused or not, may influence the way in which we understand the process or experience of travel. This multidisciplinary work provides a critical analysis of the inspirational and transformational role that books play in travel imaginings. Does reading a book encourage us to think of travel as exotic, adventurous, transformative, dangerous or educative? Do different genres of books influence a reader's view of travel in multifarious ways? These questions are explored through a literary analysis of an eclectic selection of books spanning the period from the eighteenth century to the present day. Genres covered include historical fiction, children's books, westerns, science-fiction and crime fiction.
Author : Randolph Barnes Marcy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Prairie Traveler written by Randolph Barnes Marcy and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Paperback Reproduction of one of America's Premier Pioneer Handbooks
Author : Randolph Benton MARCY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The Prairie Traveller. A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions. With Maps, Etc written by Randolph Benton MARCY and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Douglas Bauer
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 9781587296819
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (968 download)
Download or read book Prairie City, Iowa written by Douglas Bauer and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weary from the journalistic treadmill of "going from one assignment to the next, like an itinerant fieldworker moving to his harvests" and healing from a divorce, Douglas Bauer decided it was time to return to his hometown. Back in Prairie City, he helped on his father's farm, scooped grains at the Co-op, and tended bar at the Cardinal. The resultant memoir is a classic picture of an adult experiencing one's childhood roots as a grown-up and testing whether one can ever truly go home again. Bauer grew up "awkward with soil and with machines" in a small town east of Des Moines, As a teenager, he left the farm for college life twenty miles away and, after graduation, took a job with Better Homes and Gardens in Des Moines, writing in the junk-mail fictional persona of "Barbara Joyce,"asking millions of people to subscribe. After a few years he moved to Chicago to work as an editor and writer for Playboy and eventually as a freelance journalist. In the summer of 1975, he returned home to attend his grandmother's funeral and by autumn he moved back to Prairie City, where he stayed for the next three seasons. Bauer's book is neither a wistful nostalgia about returning to a simpler time and place nor a patronizing look at those who never leave the town in which they were born. What emerges is an unsentimental yet loving account of life in the Midwest. Not just a portrait of Prairie City, Iowa, but of everyone's small town, everywhere.
Author : Marcy Randolph B.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780243752713
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (527 download)
Download or read book Prairie Traveler written by Marcy Randolph B. and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emmanuel Altham
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1557094632
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Three Visitors to Early Plymouth written by Emmanuel Altham and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters from three visitors to the Plymouth Settlement from England, Virginia, and New Amsterdam. Each wrote letters home about what he saw, observing the people, the natural setting, and the community. A fascinating objective view of colonial Plymouth.
Author : Laura Ingalls Wilder
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060724919
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (67 download)
Download or read book A Little House Traveler written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-02-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the mid-1930s Laura Ingalls Wilder's journeys had taken her from Wisconsin to South Dakota, from Missouri to California and back again. She had traveled by wagon, by train, and by car; alone, with her husband, and with her daughter. She had watched the times, seasons, and people change over six decades of traveling. But one thing remained the same: Laura always kept a pencil and paper with her to jot down notes about her experiences. For the first time ever, writings from three of Laura's most memorable trips have been collected in one special omnibus edition featuring historical black-and-white photographs. On the Way Home recounts her 1894 move with Rose and Almanzo from South Dakota to their new homestead in Mansfield, Missouri. West From Home consists of letters from Laura to Almanzo as she traveled to California in 1915 to visit Rose. And previously unpublished materials from Laura and Almanzo's car trip in 1931 now tell the story of their first journey back to DeSmet, the town where Laura grew up, where she met Almanzo, and where they fell in love. Laura's candid sense of humor and keen eye for observation shine through in this wonderful collection of writings about the many places Laura Ingalls Wilder called home.
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ISBN 13 : 9780896724556
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (245 download)
Download or read book The Prairie Dog written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 100 color photos by a professional Texas photographer and science teacher showcase these gregarious rodents in their natural habitat. Graves discusses their varieties, habits, biology, range, and role in the ecosystem. Includes information on habitat decline by state since 1870, and where they can still be seen.
