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  • Colorado National Monument

    de Alan J. Kania ...
    Series series Images of America
    Amid the rock spires and red-rock canyons west of Grand Junction near the Utah state line, a young man with a checkered past single-handedly built trails at a salary of $1 a month. John Otto brought the beauty of the canyons to the attention of the local chambers of commerce and eventually the National Park Service. With the stroke of a pen, Pres. William Taft added the Colorado National Monument ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • John Otto: Trials and Trails

    de Alan J. Kania ...
    Author Kania dedicates his book to the eccentrics of the world. May they never give up their dream. John Otto did not give up. Though he died in poverty in California in an abandoned post office building that he had painted red, white and blue, his spirit lives on at Colorado National Monument, along Rimrock Drive, and along the many trails which provide the solitude he sought. [Reviewed by Andrew ... Leer más

    $8.69 USD

  • The Denver Press Club

    150 Years of Printer’S Devils, Bohemians, and Ghosts

    de Alan J. Kania ...
    There was a time when news was folded into sheets of paper and thrown onto millions of doorsteps throughout the country. It was a time when journalists were heralded as community leaders and with the same respect as doctors and lawyers. It was a time when the titans of industry and the lowly newspaper boy learned about international events from the same printed columns of the newspaper. Among the ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Wild Horse Annie

    Velma Johnston and Her Fight to Save the Mustang

    de Alan J. Kania ...
    In 1950 Velma Johnston, a shy Nevada ranch wife, came upon a horse trailer leaking blood. When she discovered the destination of the trailer and its occupants—a trio of terrified and badly injured wild horses—she launched a crusade that eventually reached the halls of Congress and changed the way westerners regard and treat the bands of mustangs and burros that roam their region.Wild horses have ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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  • Wondrous Times on the Frontier

    America During the 1800s

    de Dee Brown ...
    A lively history of the nineteenth-century American West from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ."Glorious . . . Do not miss a page." — Rocky Mountain NewsFrontier life, Dee Brown writes, "was hard, unpleasant most of the time," and "lacking in almost all amenities or creature comforts." ... ... Leer más

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  • Breakfast at the Exit Cafe

    Travels Through America

    de Wayne Grady, Merilyn Simonds ...
    What begins as a road trip through America soon becomes a journey of discovery into themselves and into the heart of the next-door neighbour they thought they knew. For Wayne Grady, the thrill of landscape and history is tempered by memories of racism and his own family roots. Merilyn Simonds, her ear tuned for the offbeat, finds curious echoes of the ex-pat promised land she grew up with. ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Uncovering Nevada's Past

    A Primary Source History of the Silver State

    Edición de John B. Reid, Ronald M. James ...
    Series series Shepperson Series in Nevada History
    Nevada’s relatively brief history has been nonetheless remarkably eventful. From the activities of the first Euro-American explorers to the booms and busts of the mining industry, from the struggles and artistry of the Native Americans to the establishment of liberal divorce laws and such unique industries as legalized gambling and prostitution, from Cold War atomic tests to the civil rights ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Nevada

    A History of the Silver State

    de Michael S. Green ...
    Series series Shepperson Series in Nevada History
    Nevada: A History of the Silver State has been named a CHOICE Outstanding Title.Michael S. Green, a leading Nevada historian, provides a detailed survey of the Silver State’s past, from the arrival of the early European explorers, to the predominance of mining in the 1800s, to the rise of world-class tourism in the twentieth century, and to more recent attempts to diversify the economy.Of the ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroads

    The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroads

    de Dee Brown ...
    A fascinating and atmospheric history of the transcontinental railroad—the nineteenth century’s greatest and most relentless feat of national expansionHear that Lonesome Whistle Blow unspools the history of the beginnings of the American railroad system. By the mid-nineteenth century, settlers in Missouri and California were separated by a vast landscape that dwarfed and isolated them, conquerable ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Roads

    Driving America's Great Highways

    de Larry McMurtry ...
    As he crisscrosses America—driving in search of the present, the past, and himself—Larry McMurtry shares his fascination with this nation's great trails and the culture that has developed around them.Ever since he was a boy growing up in Texas only a mile from Highway 281, Larry McMurtry has felt the pull of the road. His town was thoroughly landlocked, making the highway his "river, its hidden ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • 150 Years of Racing in Saratoga

    Little-Known Stories & Fact's from America's Most Historic Racing City

    de Allan Carter, Mike Kane ...
    Celebrate a century and a half of horse racing in Saratoga Springs with stories of the events, horse and people who have made its summers so special.Since the inaugural meeting of August 1863, Saratoga Springs is home to one of the oldest sports venues in the country and has been the scene of memorable races, often featuring legends of the sport. Although some of the epic moments are still ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Hell on Wheels

    Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad

    de Dick Kreck ...
    Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate business but also for gamblers, land speculators, prostitutes, and thugs. Dick Kreck tells their stories along with the heroic individuals who managed, finally, to create permanent towns in the interior West. ... Leer más

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