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Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
by Isabella Bird  Publisher Comments Women were scarce enough in the West of the late nineteenth century, and a middle-ages English lady traveling alone, by horseback, was a real phenomenon. It was during the autumn and early winter of 1873 that Isabella Bird made this extended tour of the...
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The Great Divide: The Rocky Mountains in the American Mind
by Gary Ferguson Publisher Comments For most of our nation's history, Americans have identified with the "purple mountain majesties" of the Rockies. Trappers and debutantes, miners and missionaries, artists and drinkers, escaped slaves, independent women abandoning hoopskirts, and assorted...
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All But the Waltz: A Memoir of Five Generations in the Life of a Montana Family
by Mary Clearman Blew Publisher Comments In language reminiscent of the wild beauty of Big Sky Country, the author gives readers a glimpse into the lives of her family as she traces their connection to Montana's natural and human landscape. Beginning with her great-grandparents' arrival in 1882...
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Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent--Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man
by David Fridtjof Halaas and Andrew E. Masich Publisher Comments The soldiers were so close George could hear their orders, even their conversations. God, he hated them. Laughing as if they were on a hunting party and had cornered the game. All his life he had felt white arrogance, that smug superiority. But these...
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Lambing Out and Other Stories
by Mary Clearman Blew Publisher Comments The short fiction of Mary Clearman Blew, set in Montana, reflects the brutality of the region as seen in the mountains, the severe weather, and the personal hardships of the people living there. In each of these seven stories, the characters, driven to...
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Roadside History of Colorado
by James Mctighe Publisher Comments Since Colorado's roads are so seldom graced with historical markers, most motorists remain unaware of the rich historical associations of every part of the state....
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Western Frontier Library #67: A Lady's Ranch Life in Montana
by Isabel F Randall Publisher Comments "A faithful and unvarnished Record of a Settler's Life" is how Isabel Randall described her letters when they were first published in 1887. Many foreign travelers published accounts of their visits to the American West, but Randall was one of the few...
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The Rockies
by David Lavender Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-388) and index....
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Pioneers of the Colorado Parks: North, Middle, and South Parks: From 1850 to 1900
by Richard C Barth Publisher Comments The exciting frontier history of the Colorado mountains can be found in these true stories from these parks -- open meadows nestled high in the Rocky Mountains. Into North Park came Chief Piah, a Ute Indian seeking peace. Middle Park county commissioners...
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Denver: Mining Camp to Metropolis
by Stephen J Leonard Publisher Comments "Flat-out the best book ever written about our city". -- The Denver Post<P>"A wonderfully readable, intensely interesting, compelling story of a city and its people....This is a book to read, savor, and enjoy". -- Colorado...
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Yellowstone and the Biology of Time: Photographs Across a Century
by Mary Meagher Publisher Comments Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is the oldest and one of the largest national parks in the world. In this remarkable book, scientists Mary Meagher and Douglas B. Houston present 100 sets of photographs that compare the Yellowstone of old...
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Mountain Men
by John G Neihardt Publisher Comments The first volume in this two-volume edition of "A Cycle of the West" includes "The Song of Three Friends "(1919), which received the National Prize of the Poetry Society of America, "The Song of Jed Smith" (1941). The first two songs, in the poet's words,...
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Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910
by Stephen Pyne Publisher Comments In the summer of 1910, wildfires in the West scorched millions of acres, darkened skies in New England, and deposited soot on the ice of Greenland. The flames ravaged pristine wilderness along with farms, towns, and mining camps, culminating in the...
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The Landscape of Home: A Rocky Mountain Land Series Reader
by Jeff Lee Publisher Comments An anthology of some of the most evocative writing focusing on our vast natural heritage, along with pieces that address pressing land issues facing the West. This collection not only paints a vivid portrait of life in the Rocky Mountains, it also...
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John Colter, His Years in the Rockies: His Years in the Rockies
by Burton Harris Publisher Comments John Colter was a crack hunter with the Lewis and Clark expedition before striking out on his own as a mountain man and fur trader. A solitary journey in the winter of 1807-8 took him into present-day Wyoming. To unbelieving trappers he later reported...
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Legacy of the Tetons: Homesteading in Jackson Hole
by Candy Vyvey Moulton Synopsis Today's Jackson Hole is a magnet for tourists who come for a taste of the American West. However, before the cars and buses, homesteaders on horseback and in wagons saw the beauty of the land and built their homes within sight of the majestic Grand...
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Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier
by Elliott West Publisher Comments Elliott West’s careful analysis of the role and development of the saloon as an institution on the mining frontier provides unique insights into the social and economic history of the American West. Drawing on contemporaneous newspapers and many...
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Rocky Mountain: The Story Behind the Scenery
by Michael T Smithson Publisher Comments The very best in brilliant full-color photography in a large format book, with accurate, readable, interpretive text on the natural scene and the human history of national parks and monuments throughout the country...
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Cooperstown: The Baseball Hall of Fame
by American West Publisher Comments With 16 bonus pages on the latest Hall-of-Famers, including the three 1997 inductees and their updated stats, this edition highlights the best of the best, including players, managers, officials, pioneers, and the original Negro league greats. The...
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Historic Telluride: In Rare Photographs
by Christian J Buys Publisher Comments Historic Telluride in Rare Photographs chronicles the boom and bust cycles of Telluride, Placerville, Ames, Ophir, and Rico from the 1860s through the 1940s. Every page brings to life, in unique pictures and words, those early days: the arrival of the...
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