Men To Match My Mountains: The Opening of the Far West 1840-1900
by Irving Stone
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Mena, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
The book is a colorful gallery of characters: heroes and rascals, adventurers and plodders, men who invaded and tamed or were tamed by t the geographers call the true Far West - California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. In the cast are Spaniards, Russians, Yankees, southerners; Sutter, whose dream of an idyllic retreat in the foothills of paradise was shattered by the Gold Rush; John C. Fremont, Mark Twain, Brigham Young, Ralston's Ring, and the Big Four; the Silver Kings, H.A. W. Tabor and Baby Doe, the Rose of Sharon and Eilley Orrum, and scores more.
Synopsis
Irving Stone was born in San Francisco on July 14, 1903. He wrote several books in a genre that he coined the “biographical novel,” which recounted the lives of well-known historical figures. In these novels, Stone interspersed biography with fictional narrative on the psychology and private lives of his subjects. He also wrote biographies of Clarence Darrow and Earl Warren, and short biographies of men who lost presidential elections. He died on August 26, 1989.
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- Bookseller
- Supercalifabulistic Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 205
- Title
- Men To Match My Mountains
- Author
- Irving Stone
- Format/Binding
- Tight, like new
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Great Westward Drive, exploration, sudden wealth, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Far West Spanairds, Russians, Yankees, southerners, Sutter, Mark Twain, Bringham Young, Rockies, Donner party, Old West, Wild West
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles; HIstorical Fiction; Geography;
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