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Book Pony Express National Historic Trail

Download or read book Pony Express National Historic Trail written by Anthony Godfrey and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Longest Trail

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  • Author : Roni McFadden
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-05-29
  • ISBN : 9780984488315
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book The Longest Trail written by Roni McFadden and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 14 years old, Roni McFadden was already headed for trouble. When her mother divorced Roni's abusive step-father, whatever closeness existed between mother and daughter disappeared. The only thing that Roni had left in her life with any meaning was her little horse Sparol. When she met an old cowboy who lived down the road, she saw they shared the same love and respect for those magnificent animals. More importantly, that old cowboy was an adult she could trust. Under his guidance, Roni evolves from a girl stumbling along treacherous and twisted paths to become a strong young woman who knows where she is going, how to get there, and that she will have help along the way. "Ride along with young Roni as she discovers the lessons of the ancient spirits of mountains, deserts and horses - a wonderful coming-of-age tale in a magnificent setting." -D.H. Eraldi, author of "Settler's Chase" "A powerful personal journey so well written, you become a part of the story before you realize it." -D.B. Jackson, author of "Unbroke Horses"

Book On the Trail

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  • Author : Silas Chamberlin
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2016-01-01
  • ISBN : 0300219113
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book On the Trail written by Silas Chamberlin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first history of the American hiking community and its contributions to the nation's vast network of trails In the mid-nineteenth century urban walking clubs emerged in the United States. A little more than a century later, tens of millions of Americans were hiking on trails blazed in every region of the country. This groundbreaking book is the first full account of the unique history of the American hiking community and its rich, nationwide culture. Delving into unexplored archives, including those of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Sierra Club, Green Mountain Club, and many others, Silas Chamberlin recounts the activities of hikers who over many decades formed clubs, built trails, and advocated for environmental protection. He also discusses the shifting attitudes of the late 1960s and early 1970s when ideas about traditional volunteerism shifted and new hikers came to see trail blazing and maintenance as government responsibilities. Chamberlin explores the implications for hiking groups, future club leaders, and the millions of others who find happiness, inspiration, and better health on America's trails.

Book Nationwide Trails System

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  • Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1967
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Nationwide Trails System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Records of backcountry use can assist trail managers

Download or read book Records of backcountry use can assist trail managers written by H. J. Plumley and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Sagebrush Trail

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  • Author : Richard Aquila
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 2015-04-16
  • ISBN : 0816531544
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book The Sagebrush Trail written by Richard Aquila and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sagebrush Trail is a history of Western movies but also a history of twentieth-century America. Richard Aquila’s fast-paced narrative covers both the silent and sound eras, and includes classic westerns such as Stagecoach, A Fistful of Dollars, and Unforgiven, as well as B-Westerns that starred film cowboys like Tom Mix, Gene Autry, and Hopalong Cassidy. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 traces the birth and growth of Westerns from 1900 through the end of World War II. Part 2 focuses on a transitional period in Western movie history during the two decades following World War II. Finally, part 3 shows how Western movies reflected the rapid political, social, and cultural changes that transformed America in the 1960s and the last decades of the twentieth century. The Sagebrush Trail explains how Westerns evolved throughout the twentieth century in response to changing times, and it provides new evidence and fresh interpretations about both Westerns and American history. These films offer perspectives on the past that historians might otherwise miss. They reveal how Americans reacted to political and social movements, war, and cultural change. The result is the definitive story of Western movies, which contributes to our understanding of not just movie history but also the mythic West and American history. Because of its subject matter and unique approach that blends movies and history, The Sagebrush Trail should appeal to anyone interested in Western movies, pop culture, the American West, and recent American history and culture. The mythic West beckons but eludes. Yet glimpses of its utopian potential can always be found, even if just for a few hours in the realm of Western movies. There on the silver screen, the mythic West continues to ride tall in the saddle along a “sagebrush trail” that reveals valuable clues about American life and thought.

Book The hippie trail

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  • Author : Sharif Gemie
  • Publisher : Manchester University Press
  • Release : 2017-11-10
  • ISBN : 1526114631
  • Pages : 326 pages

Download or read book The hippie trail written by Sharif Gemie and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first history of the Hippie Trail. It records the joys and pains of budget travel to Kathmandu, India, Afghanistan and other ‘points east’ in the 1960s and 1970s. Written in a clear, simple style, it provides detailed analysis of the motivations and the experiences of hundreds of thousands of hippies who travelled eastwards. The book is structured around four key debates: were the travellers simply motivated by a search for drugs? Did they encounter love or sexual freedom on the road? Were they basically just tourists? Did they resemble pilgrims? It also considers how the travellers have been represented in films, novels and autobiographical accounts, and will appeal to those interested in the Trail or the 1960s counterculture, as well as students taking courses relating to the 1960s.

Book The Lewis and Clark Trail

Download or read book The Lewis and Clark Trail written by United States. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Maple Trail  1960 61

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  • Author : Editor-In-Chief David Gillespie
  • Publisher : Hassell Street Press
  • Release : 2021-09-10
  • ISBN : 9781015235632
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Maple Trail 1960 61 written by Editor-In-Chief David Gillespie and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book There s Always Work at the Post Office

Download or read book There s Always Work at the Post Office written by Philip F. Rubio and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings to life the important but neglected story of African American postal workers and the critical role they played in the U.S. labor and black freedom movements. Philip Rubio, a former postal worker, integrates civil rights, labor, and left m

Book Eligibility feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment for National Historic Trail Authorization

Download or read book Eligibility feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment for National Historic Trail Authorization written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Magic Bus

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  • Author : Rory MacLean
  • Publisher : Ig Publishing
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 9780978843199
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Magic Bus written by Rory MacLean and published by Ig Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The famous hippie trail--forty years later!

Book Appalachian Trail Summer 1960

Download or read book Appalachian Trail Summer 1960 written by Noah Fogg and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the winter of 1959-60, while a freshman at Paul Smith's College, I began planning a hike on the Appalachian Trail. My goal was to travel alone, from Maine to Georgia, live out of my 40-pound pack and complete the 2,160 miles by late fall. It was an ambitious plan, but one I felt certain I would accomplish. I had grown up hiking in the White Mountains and enjoyed it. I think I felt that it was "what I wanted to do" and "whom I wanted to be." I thoroughly researched the trip, bought good equipment and I had the support of my parents (the hike would require that I take one or two semesters off from college!) But plans change.In Maine, I began to realize that what I enjoyed most was exploring --- taking a side trail to an outlook ledge or following a brook to a waterfall. The demands of my through-hike schedule did not allow for many side trip "distractions." I also discovered that even though I could handle myself very well alone, I did enjoy contact with other people --- especially meeting new people and hearing their stories. And, I nearly starved myself with my heavy reliance on dehydrated trail foods! So I decided to do it differently. I would give up my goal of completing a full, one time, AT hike and instead spend the summer hiking the AT in regions that interested me most (section hiking.) I would take time to see what I wanted, meet new people and eat real food --- even if that meant shouldering a heavier pack!This arrangement worked well for much of the rest of the summer as I hiked in the White Mountains (still my favorites,) the Green Mountains in Vermont and the Shenandoah in Virginia. I would have continued on to the Great Smokies in Tennessee and North Carolina except that one of my front teeth abscessed resulting in me hopping on a bus headed home to have the root canal performed by my trusted family dentist. --------- And thus ended my summer's "adventure."Looking back (now 52 years later) I consider the trip an important step in my youthful development. It guided me toward a life of thinking seriously about what I truly value --- and that has served me well! But I'm not finished --- rewriting these notes has reminded me that I still have nearly half the White Mountain 4,000 footers left to climb! I'm making plans to complete them this summer. It will have taken me just a few years longer than I planned!If anyone takes time to read this journal he or she should be aware that I have tried to copy it as it was written and that the 19-year-old scribbling it usually did so by candlelight after a long day on the trail without the aid of a dictionary!

Book The Road to Camelot

Download or read book The Road to Camelot written by Thomas Oliphant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “provocative reconstruction of John F. Kennedy’s ‘five-year campaign’ for the White House” (The New Yorker), beginning with his bold, failed attempt to win the vice presidential nomination in 1956 and culminating when he plotted his way to the presidency and changed the way we nominate and elect presidents. John F. Kennedy and his young warriors invented modern presidential politics. They turned over accepted wisdom that his Catholicism was a barrier to winning an election. They hired Louis Harris to become the first presidential pollster. They twisted arms and they charmed. They turned the traditional party inside out. They invented The Missile Gap in the Cold War and out-glamoured Richard Nixon in the TV debates. Now “Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie, both veteran political journalists, retell the story of this momentous campaign, reminding us of now forgotten details of Kennedy’s path to the White House” (The Wall Street Journal). The authors have examined more than 1,600 oral histories at the John F. Kennedy library; they’ve interviewed surviving sources, including JFK’s sister Jean Smith, and they draw on their own interviews with insiders including Ted Sorensen and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. From the start of the campaign in 1955, “The Road to Camelot brings much new insight to an important playbook that has echoed through the campaigns of other presidential aspirants as disparate as Barack Obama and Donald Trump. The authors take us step by step on the road to the Kennedy victory, leaving us with an appreciation for the maniacal attention to detail of both the candidate and his brother Robert, the best campaign manager in American political history” (The Washington Post). “A must-read for fans of presidential history” (USA TODAY), this is “an excellent chronicle of JFK’s innovations, his true personality, and how close he came to losing” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

Book Historic Resource Study

Download or read book Historic Resource Study written by Anthony Godfrey and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The intent of this Historic Resource Study (HRS) of the Pony Express National Historic Trail is threefold: 1) to provide basic information to assist in the preparation of the trail comprehensive management plan (CMP) and to manage and interpret the trail, 2) to furnish National Park Service (NPS) managers and planners, state and local authorities, private landowners, and cooperating groups with an extensive trail database for action plans and implementation activities for the Pony Express National Historic Trail, and 3) to give to the public a general history of the Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Company (C.O.C. & P.P. Express Co.) otherwise known as the Pony Express"--Preface excerpt, page [i].

Book Results from the AFCRL Radar Meteor Trail Set

Download or read book Results from the AFCRL Radar Meteor Trail Set written by Arnold A. Barnes and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description of the data taken at AFCRL from 1964 through 1966 and the methods of analyzing the wind data are presented. A least squares fit to the mean, 24-hr, and 12-hr components of the wind was applied to the data, and the results are compared to those obtained by other investigators. (Author).