The West: An Illustrated History
by Ward, Geoffrey C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316922366
- ISBN 13
- 9780316922364
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Synopsis
This vivid narrative history -- magnificently illustrated with more than 400 photographs, many of them never before published -- takes us on a gripping journey through the turbulent history of the region that has come to symbolize America around the world. Drawing on hundreds of letters, diaries, memoirs, and journals as well as the latest scholarship, The West presents a cast as rich and diverse as the western landscape itself: explorers and soldiers and Indian warriors, settlers and railroad builders and gaudy showmen. The book is filled with stories of heroism and hope, enterprise and adventure, as well as tragedy and disappointment. It explores the tensions between whites and the native peoples they sought to displace, but it also encompasses the Hispanic experience in the West. Gracefully written, handsomely designed, meticulously researched, The West is an unrivaled work of history that brilliantly captures all the drama and excitement, the sober realities and bright myths of the American West. Book jacket.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102051
- Title
- The West: An Illustrated History
- Author
- Ward, Geoffrey C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0316922366
- ISBN 13
- 9780316922364
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- American / 1. Native American; American / 4. Late 19th Century;
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