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"A lively read, filled with wonderful quotes and photographs." --Denver Post & Rocky Mountain News The lure of adventure and riches brought men west. Some had dreams of a quick gold strike and an easy retirement. Some were explorers drawn to this vast land. Still others were homesteaders eager to put down new roots. Many would return back east, worn out by hardship. But some found places for themselves as cowboys, ranchers, or townsmen. Cathy Luchetti, author of Women of the West, captures the great upheaval of being a pioneer as well as the process of settling in. She uses the words of the men themselves, taken from letters, diaries, and memoirs; not only the iconic cowboys of our imagination but also the doctors, teachers, and ministers. She captures the frontiersmen from the East and the Native Americans whose lives were changed forever by their arrival.
Book Excerpt: ...d bolder Europeans; and they moved westward, nor could have helped that had they tried. They lived largely and blithely, and died handsomely, those old Elizabethan adventurers, and they lie today in thousands of unrecorded graves upon two continents, each having found out that any place is good enough for a man to die upon, provided that he be a man.The American frontier was Elizabethan in its quality--childlike, simple, and savage. It has not entirely passed; for both Elizabethan folk and Elizabethan customs are yet to be found in the United States. While the half-savage civilization of the farther West was roaring on its way across the continent--while the day of the keelboatman and the plainsman, of the Indian-fighter and the miner, even the day of the cowboy, was dawning and setting--there still was a frontier left far behind in the East, near the top of the mountain range which made the first great barrier across our pathway to the West. That frontier, the frontier of Boone and Kenton, of Robertson a...
First published in 1951, Walter Prescott Webb's provocative and controversial work redefining the frontier has become one of the classics of Western history.
Noted author Kelton edits a collection of articles concerning American Indians from 19th century newspapers.
Reminiscences by a well known news commentator of his boyhood experiences in Montana during and immediately following World War I.
The voices of Great Plains homesteaders soar from deeply personal letters, diary entries, and vivid photographs, revealing the promise and hardship of early life on the American grasslands.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXI. WHERE 'S DAN?!HE news flew fast after Jacob set it a-going. Everywhere it found a kind of preparation already made, but it seemed to be none the less a shock. Cherry Valley was so near, and the Plum Hollow settlers knew the people upon whom this blow had fallen. Horses and cattle were hurried away into the woods. Valuables were hidden in wells or buried in the earth. Pigs and poultry were turned loose to shift for themselves. Wagon-loads of women, children, and feeble folks set out quickly for the fort. There was deadly fear and yet there was heroic courage, for this was a thing that all had been trained to think of. "Mother," said Lyra, when she returned from her first work after the tidings came, "I had to tie Nannie to a tree out by the spring, or she 'd have followed me back." 21 313 "we Ve sent Mrs. Bennett to the fort," said her mother hurriedly. "I almost think she is out of her mind." "Squire," exclaimed Jacob, coming in at that moment, "where do you think I faound York when I rid back?" "Do n't know. Where was he?" "Aout at the bridge, lookin' across and waitin' to see who 'd come," laughed Jacob. "Wish he could handle a gun." "Waiting for Dan," said Lyra. "Why does n't he come back?" "Poor Dan!" responded Mrs. Warner. "Old Mrs. Bennett thinks they saw him ride through Cherry Valley the day he left us. He may have ridden right in among the redskins." "Guess not," said Jake, "'t would n't be like him. Dan 'll come back." The fort itself was a sight worth seeing. At first it seemed as if all who came brought their panic with them until there was a great deal of it, but there is always a kind of courage belonging to numbers. Besides, there was really a very good display of guns, and the men who were to use them were...
A stirring anthology that documents, in poetry, song, stories, memoirs, and essays, the breadth and scope of secularism from the early 19th century to the present. Included are pieces by the notables--Twain, Dreiser, Lindsay, Service, Sandburg, Hughes, Masters, et al.--as well as grassroots contributions. Also included are photographs of authors, historical sites, and The Truth seeker cartoons of Watson Hedges. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Cowboy Meets His Match Everything Gideon Thornton has worked for is in jeopardy, all because of one stubborn woman. Evelyn Montgomery insists that Gideon's new claim from the Oklahoma Land Rush legally belongs to her. Both refuse to budge—even when the law says that until their dispute is settled, they must share the land. Their family feud has taught Evelyn that Thortons can't be trusted. Yet day by day Gideon's thoughtfulness to Evelyn, and especially to her young son, shows the real truth. A truth that may mean the end of her claim…and the start of a future big enough to encompass both their dreams. Bridegroom Brothers: True love awaits three siblings in the Oklahoma Land Rush