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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Western wilds and the men who redeem them: an authentic narrative embracing an account of seven years travel and adventure in the far West; Wild life

Western wilds and the men who redeem them: an authentic narrative embracing an account of seven years travel and adventure in the far West; Wild life

H. Beadle, J.

Paperback

General United StatesGeneral United States HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 9353707366
ISBN13: 9789353707361
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 632
Weight: 2.01
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before the West became legend, it was lived in sweat and sand. Danger rode beyond every horizon. J. H. Beadle records seven years of movement through the frontier in an american frontier memoir that reads as an old west travel narrative and a report from the trail. Western Wilds and the Men Who Redeem Them ranges from arizona territory life and great plains wagon trails to canyon camps and desert crossings, drawing together frontier adventure collection and historical western nonfiction in one sweeping, unvarnished panorama. His accounts of encounters, violence, and uneasy diplomacy expose how quickly civilisation and brutality traded places across prairies and ranges. Beadle turns his attention to defining events and communities: a mountain meadows massacre record, a custer last stand account, and a clear-eyed brigham young biography set amid the tensions shaping the nineteenth-century West. The book also stands as a practical western history reference, offering 19th century mining history, descriptions of mining districts, and an expert discussion of modern mining as it was understood at the opening of 1882. A significant document of its era, this unabridged classic reprint preserves a voice close to the ground - part witness, part compiler of hard-won information - valuable to readers chasing dramatic frontier experience and to collectors who want foundational sources on Western expansion, conflict, faith, and industry. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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