Download or read book Your Travel Guide to America s Old West written by Rita J. Markel and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in the American West in the 1800s, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
Download or read book Touring the Old West written by Kent Ruth and published by . This book was released on 1987-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Touring the Old West is a practical guide to what is left of the western frontier and a page-turning history for those wo can't hit the trail. In this "love letter to half of America," Kent Ruth takes the reader through twenty-one states, pointing out legendary and little-known attractions on and off the main highways. Ruth directs today's explorer to famous old trails and landmarks, crumbling cemeteries, and original rail lines to Indian encampments and military forts (some of them restored and catering to history buffs). The tour is dotted with old-time fur trading posts, boom-and-bust mining camps, sleepy ghost towns, and near-ghosts with hotels still standing. Photographs and a state-by-state index identify authentic highlights for anybody's "out West" tour.
Download or read book A Lady s Experiences in the Wild West in 1883 written by Rose Pender and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1985-03-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aristocratic Rose Pender and her husband, James, were among the thousands of English travelers in the American West during the latter half of the nineteenth century. This is Pender's lively account of a grand tour in 1883 of Texas, California, Salt Lake City, Wyoming, Dakota Territory, and far-flung points. ø A. B. Guthrie Jr. in his foreword writes that "all students and collectors will want" A Lady's Experiences in the Wild West in 1883. "It deals with a West in transition from frontier to the glimmer of modern times, from open range to fenced pastures, from trails to trains, from makeshift and made-do to more convenient and easier ways. We see it through the eyes and from the sensibilities of a gentlewoman and a Britisher to boot. The woman was indeed a Lady. She brought to America her highborn prejudices and standards. . .and with them a sharp eye, a chatty pen, and a game spirit. . . . She adds to our knowledge of a time no one is old enough to remember."
Download or read book True West Ultimate Historic Travel Guide written by Ken Amorosano and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 65 years, True West magazine has inspired travelers to take the road less traveled and explore the historic sites and towns of the American West. Now, in honor of its 65th anniversary, the publishers of True West have compiled the essential Old West guidebook, which takes the traveler to where Old West history happened in 22 Western states. True West¿s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: Your Guide to History in the Old West is a fact-filled handbook that will prove an essential guidebook to experience first-hand its most important historic sites, towns, parks, museums, battlefields and monuments.
Download or read book Your Travel Guide to Ancient Rome written by Rita J. Markel and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in ancient Rome, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, and notable personalities.
Download or read book True West 2019 Ultimate Historic Travel Guide written by True West Magazine and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 65 years, True West magazine has inspired travelers to take the road less traveled and explore the historic sites and towns of the American West. Now, in honor of its 65th anniversary, the publishers of True West have compiled the essential Old West guidebook, which takes the traveler to where Old West history happened in 22 Western states.
Download or read book The Top Ten Historical Locations of the Old West written by Michael P. O’Connor and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-05-24 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wyatt Earp and Tombstone, Wild Bill Hickok and Deadwood, George Custer and the Little Big Horn, Davy Crockett and the Alamo, Bat Masterson and Dodge City; Names and locations forever linked to the legacy and myth of the Old West. Through hundreds of photographs and illustrations, O’Connor delivers a concise, light-hearted yet accurate depiction of a pivotal event in the settlement of the American frontier, and what the location offers today’s visitor, with particular attention devoted to surviving structures, including authentic saloons! Whether planning a road trip, or simply interested in America’s Old West history and culture, the reader is provided an entertaining, and informative look into the locations that shaped the history and myth of the Wild West.
Download or read book The Prairie Traveler A Handbook for Overland Expeditions in the American Old West written by Randolph B. Marcy and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Randolph Marcy wrote this guide for fellow travelers wanting to brave the wilderness of North America, at a time when the western reaches of the continent were barely settled. A captain in the U.S. military, Marcy wrote this guide partly to allay the many myths and fears of the Western frontier, and partly to offer guidance to the dangers which were actually manifest. The information within takes readers across two popular trails - northerly, ending in Oregon, and southerly, ending in Santa Fe. Written in 1859, this book is both a guidebook and an authentic history of the Wild West era. Various anecdotes are interspersed through the text - Marcy is careful to differentiate between friendly Indian tribes such as the Delawares and Shawnees, whom he admires. The Plains Indians however are considered to have hostile tendencies; Marcy instructs on how to sign, and gives a detailed account of how to safely sleep with a gun cocked and loaded.
Download or read book A Visual Dictionary of the Old West written by Bobbie Kalman and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual dictionary of the Old West that focuses on the life of cowboys, western settlers, boomtowns, and the gold rush.
Download or read book The Prairie Traveler written by Randolph B. Marcy and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Randolph Marcy wrote this guide for fellow travelers wanting to brave the wilderness of North America, at a time when the western reaches of the continent were barely settled. A captain in the U.S. military, Marcy wrote this guide partly to allay the many myths and fears of the Western frontier, and partly to offer guidance to the dangers which were actually manifest. The information within takes readers across two popular trails - northerly, ending in Oregon, and southerly, ending in Santa Fe. Written in 1859, this book is both a guidebook and an authentic history of the Wild West era. Various anecdotes are interspersed through the text - Marcy is careful to differentiate between friendly Indian tribes such as the Delawares and Shawnees, whom he admires. The Plains Indians however are considered to have hostile tendencies; Marcy instructs on how to sign, and gives a detailed account of how to safely sleep with a gun cocked and loaded.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to the Old West written by Mike Flanagan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little known lore about pioneers, easy to understand explanations of land agreements, fascinating adventures of Native Americans, and photos the people of the ole West.
Download or read book Your Travel Guide to Ancient China written by Josepha Sherman and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in China during the Han Dynasty, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
Download or read book Your Travel Guide to Ancient Greece written by Nancy Day and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in ancient Greece, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
Download or read book Your Travel Guide to the Ancient Mayan Civilization written by Nancy Day and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life during the Maya civilization, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
Download or read book The Look of the Old West written by William Foster-Harris and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, containing hundreds of illustrations, brings to life the American of the mid-to-late 1800s. Contained inside are line drawings and description of weaponry of the time, military and civilian clothing styles, steamboats and other forms of transportation, equestrian styles, household items and much more.
Download or read book Black Cowboys of the Old West written by Tricia Martineau Wagner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word cowboy conjures up vivid images of rugged men on saddled horses—men lassoing cattle, riding bulls, or brandishing guns in a shoot-out. White men, as Hollywood remembers them. What is woefully missing from these scenes is their counterparts: the black cowboys who made up one-fourth of the wranglers and rodeo riders. This book tells their story. When the Civil War ended, black men left the Old South in large numbers to seek a living in the Old West—industrious men resolved to carve out a life for themselves on the wild, roaming plains. Some had experience working cattle from their time as slaves; others simply sought a freedom they had never known before. The lucky travelled on horseback; the rest, by foot. Over dirt roads they went from Alabama and South Carolina to present-day Texas and California up north through Kansas to Montana. The Old West was a land of opportunity for these adventurous wranglers and future rodeo champions. A long overdue testament to the courage and skill of black cowboys, Black Cowboys of the Old West finally gives these courageous men their rightful place in history. Praise for an earlier book by the same author: “Whether you are a history enthusiast or a lover of adventure stories, African American Women of the Old Westpresents the reader with fascinating accounts of ten extraordinary, generally unrecognized, African Americans. Tricia Martineau Wagner takes these remarkable women from the footnotes of history and brings them to life.” —Ed Diaz, President of the Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation
Download or read book The Old West written by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff and published by Fodor's. This book was released on 2003 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old West epitomises American freedom and ingenuity. This guide covers the authentic Old West in all its legendary grit and complexity. With the well-chosen sights, festivals, activities, hotels, and restaurants, travellers can re-live western America's first days.
