As big as the West : the pioneer life of Granville Stuart /
Granville Stuart (1834-1918) is a quintessential Western figure, a man whose adventures rival those of Wyatt Earp, Buffalo Bill, or Sitting Bull, and who embodied many of the contradictions of America's westward expansion. Stuart collected guns, herded cattle, mined for gold, and killed men he...
| Основен автор: | Milner, Clyde A., 1948- |
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| Други автори: | O'Connor, Carol A., 1946- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=257640 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
As big as the West. |
| Резюме: |
Granville Stuart (1834-1918) is a quintessential Western figure, a man whose adventures rival those of Wyatt Earp, Buffalo Bill, or Sitting Bull, and who embodied many of the contradictions of America's westward expansion. Stuart collected guns, herded cattle, mined for gold, and killed men he thought outlaws. But he also taught himself Shoshone, French, and Spanish, denounced formal religion, married a Shoshone woman, and eventually became a United States diplomat. In this fascinating biography, Clyde A. Milner II and Carol A. O'Connor, co-editors of the acclaimed Oxford History of the Americ. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvi, 430 pages, [32] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-410) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0195127099 9780195127096 9780199722921 0199722927 |