Author: Yale University. Class of 1879Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
A History of the Class of '79
Author: Yale University. Class of 1879Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Grandpa the Cowboy: A Young Man's Journey through the American West
Author: Deb RotmanPublisher: Painted Klompen Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
In 1904, Eugene J. TenBrink, a second-generation immigrant from the Dutch enclave of West Michigan, traveled to the Great Plains to see the "American West" for himself. He found work with a bonanza farm in Mayville, North Dakota; a cattle ranch in Miles City, Montana; and a sheepherding outfit outside of Sheridan, Wyoming. Although seemingly mundane and unremarkable, Eugene *lived* the tremendous social, economic, and technological changes that were occurring throughout the United States in the decades surrounding the turn of the 20th century. Farm laborer, ranch hand, sheep foreman, and cowpuncher were roles Eugene filled during his time out West (1904-1910) and through which his life gives us insights into a country undergoing profound transformation.
The Papers of Will Rogers: The early years, November 1879-April 1904
Author: Will RogersPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806127453
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Horses, friends, ragtime music, and steer roping-those were the interests of the youthful Will Rogers as he came of age in the Indian Territory and traveled to the Southern Hemisphere in this first of six definitive volumes of The Papers of Will Rogers. By separating fact from legend and unveiling new knowledge via extensive archival research, this documentary history represents a unique contribution to Rogers scholarship and to studies of the Cherokee Nation West. Using many previously unpublished letters and photographs-together with introductions, notes, and biographies of his friends and relatives-volume one illuminates Rogers’s complex relationship with his father, his Cherokee heritage, his early education, first encounters with his future wife, Betty Blake, his voyage to Argentina, and his fledging years in Wild West shows and circuses in South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. Coorespondence, performance reviews, and rare newspaper documents spotlight the singular experiences that shaped the young Rogers within the context of his family, his ethnic background, and historical events. No other book describes so provocatively and authentically the genesis of America’s most beloved and influential humorist.
PNLA Quarterly
Author: Pacific Northwest Library AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Honky-Tonk Town
Author: Gary A. WilsonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461748437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
From its beginnings as a railroad siding in 1887, Havre, Montana was a tough, wide-open town with plenty of saloons, gambling halls, opium dens, brothels, and cheap cribs. With the passage of Prohibition, it was a natural hub for smuggling illegal alcohol across the nearby Canadian border. Honky-Tonk Town tells the story of this wild and woolly frontier town.
"The Whole Country was ... 'one Robe'"
Author: Nicholas Curchin VroomanPublisher: Riverbend Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Annals of Wyoming
Author: United States Local Histories in the Library of Congress: The West
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
Book Description
America, History and Life
Author: Mormons and Cowboys, Moonshiners and Klansman
Author: Stephen CresswellPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817311866
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This study uses a case study approach to examine the adventures of federal prosecutors and marshals dealing with Reconstruction in Mississippi, Mormon polygamy in Utah, moonshining in Tennessee, and the frontier lawlessness of Arizona. The analysis encompasses the larger questions of the evolution of the American criminal justice system, the workings of the 19th-century bureaucracy, and conflicts among the levels of government. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR