The American WestScribner, 1994 - 461 עמודים "Beginning with the demise of the Native Americans of the Plains, Brown depicts the onrush of the burgeoning cattle trade and the waves of immigrants who ultimately "settled" the land. In the retelling of this oft-told saga, Brown has demonstrated once again his abilities as a master storyteller and an entertaining popular historian. Byturns heroic, tragic, and even humorous, The American West brings to life American tragedy and triumph in the years from 1840 to the turn of the century, and a roster of characters both great and small: Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, Dull Knife, Crazy Horse, Captain Jack, John H. Tunstall, Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Wyatt Earp, the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, Wild Bill Hickok, Charles Goodnight, Oliver Loving, Buffalo Bill, and many others. The American West is about cattle and the railroads; it is about settlers who came to claim a land not originally their own and how they slowly imposed law and order on these wild and untamed places; and it is about the wanton destruction of the Native American way of life. This is epic history at its best and popular history at its most readable" (from Amazon.com). |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-3 מתוך 86
עמוד 21
... later learned that an Oklahoma professor had used them in a book . ) After communicating back and forth we decided to divide the col- lection between us and bring the Indian Wars to an end . Schmitt in- formed me that in a few weeks he ...
... later learned that an Oklahoma professor had used them in a book . ) After communicating back and forth we decided to divide the col- lection between us and bring the Indian Wars to an end . Schmitt in- formed me that in a few weeks he ...
עמוד 289
... later taken over by John Chisum , a man to be linked later with the name of Billy the Kid . The two men were friends , and Goodnight trailed thousands of Chisum's cattle northward . During the winter of 1869 , Goodnight selected a ...
... later taken over by John Chisum , a man to be linked later with the name of Billy the Kid . The two men were friends , and Goodnight trailed thousands of Chisum's cattle northward . During the winter of 1869 , Goodnight selected a ...
עמוד 294
... later became a range detective , and after his retirement he wrote several books about his adventures , including A Texas Cow- boy , one of the great classics of the American West . When Billy the Kid rustled some steers off the LX ...
... later became a range detective , and after his retirement he wrote several books about his adventures , including A Texas Cow- boy , one of the great classics of the American West . When Billy the Kid rustled some steers off the LX ...
תוכן
INTRODUCTION | 17 |
Westward March | 27 |
The Prairies and the Great Plains | 30 |
זכויות יוצרים | |
43 קטעים אחרים שאינם מוצגים
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abilene Apaches army attack band battle became began Billy the Kid Black brand Buffalo Bill camp Captain Jack Carrington cattle cattlemen cavalry Charles Goodnight Cheyennes chief Colonel Colorado Comanches cowboys Crazy Horse Creek Crook Custer Dakota dance Dodge City Earp Fetterman fight fire Fort Phil Kearny frontier Goodnight guns herd Hills Hooker Jim Horn hunting Indians John Joseph Joseph McCoy killed Kiowas land Laramie later Little lodges Longhorns McSween Mexico miles Missouri Modocs Montana mountains moved Nebraska Nez Percés night Oregon Panhandle peace pioneer plains Platte ponies Powder prairie raid railroad ranch ranchers range Red Cloud reservation riders riding River rode rodeo roundup saloons scouts settlers Shoshones shot Sioux Sitting Bull soldiers soon Territory Texans Texas thousand Tom Horn trail drive trail towns train treaty tribes valley wagon warriors Western White Bear Wild Bill Wild West Show Wyatt Earp Wyoming