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1) Roughing it
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English
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Originally published over one hundred years ago, "Roughing It" tells the (almost) true story of Mark Twain's rollicking adventures across the United States. A hilarious account of how the author tried finding wealth in the rocks of Nevada, it was published before his most famous works and shows why he would grow to become one of the most beloved American writers of all time. The story follows many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit to...
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In 1911, Carrie Strahorn wrote a memoir entitled Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage, which shared some of the most exciting events of 25 years of traveling and shaping the American West with her husband, Robert Strahorn, a railroad promoter, investor, and writer. That is all fact. Everything She Didn't Say imagines Carrie nearly ten years later as she decides to write down what was really on her mind during those adventurous nomadic years. Certain that...
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"In 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank - not only on the map but in our knowledge. President Thomas Jefferson keenly understood that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward and that a national "Voyage of Discovery" must be mounted to determine the nature and accessibility of the frontier." "He commissioned his young secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to lead...
4) Nevada
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630L
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English
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From Lake Tahoe to the Hoover Dam, there's lots to see and do in Nevada! Learn about the history, agriculture, industry, local culture, and tourist attractions in this Nevada travel guide. Part of a series highlighting the modern-day uniqueness of each of the U.S. states. --
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1190L
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English
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Originally serialized in Knickerbocker's Magazine between 1847 and 1849, The Oregon Trail is a fascinating chronicle of Francis Parkman's travels on the Oregon Trail during the summer of 1846 through the western states of Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado. Living and hunting with a tribe of Native Americans for a period of time, Francis Parkman captures the spirit of the old west in this gripping 19th century narrative. Fans of the old west...
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Spanning 2,000 miles and traversing six states from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean, the Oregon Trail is the route that made America. In the fifteen years before the Civil War, when 400,000 pioneers used it to emigrate West, the trail united the coasts, doubled the size of the country, and laid the groundwork for the railroads. The trail years also solidified the American character: our plucky determination in the face of adversity, our impetuous cycle...
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When John Shefford rode into Utah's valley in search of a new life and met Fay Larkin, he knew he had found it. Even when she was charged with murder, he did not care. She was worth life itself. Breaking her out of jail was the easy part. After that he has posses to worry about, violent bands of Indians to out run, a murderous trek across a trackless waste, and a brutal passage through white water hell. Busting her out of jail had been a cinch. After...
8) Arizona
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630L
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English
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"From the stunning Grand Canyon to La Fiesta de Tumacacori, there's lots to see and do in Arizona! Additional features include maps on each spread, state symbols, famous people, fact bubbles, and informative captions that highlight some of the things that make Arizona special"--Publisher's website.
9) Colorado
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570L
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English
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"From the scenic Rocky Mountains to the Pueblo cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, there's lots to see and do in Colorado! Additional features include maps on each spread, state symbols, famous people, fact bubbles, and informative captions that highlight some of the things that make Colorado special"--Publisher's website.
10) Montana
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680L
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English
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From the snow-capped peaks of Glacier National Park to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, there's lots to see and do in Montana! Learn about the history, agriculture, industry, local culture, and tourist attractions in this Montana travel guide. Part of a series highlighting the modern-day uniqueness of each of the U.S. states. --
11) New Mexico
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630L
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English
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From Old West outlaws to stunning Pueblo architecture, there's lots to see and do in New Mexico! Learn about the history, agriculture, industry, local culture, and tourist attractions in this New Mexico travel guide. Part of a series highlighting the modern-day uniqueness of each of the U.S. states. --
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"'How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us,' Pam Houston writes. On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, this beloved writer learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons, winter temperatures drop to 35 below, and lightning sparks a 110,000-acre wildfire, threatening her century-old barn and all its inhabitants. Through her...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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English
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Inspired by the likes of Mark Twain, Sir Richard Burton, and Horace Greeley, a cowboy and journalist takes an epic and authentic horseback journey across the American West as he rides the Pony Express trail from Missouri to California.
15) Idaho
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750L
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English
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"From river rafting in Lewiston to skiing in Sun Valley, there's lots to see and do in Idaho! Additional features include maps on each spread, state symbols, famous people, fact bubbles, and informative captions that highlight some of the things that make Idaho special"--Publisher's website.
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Although a host of adventurers stormed west in 1806 after Lewis and Clark's safe return, seven of them left unique legacies because of their monumental journeys, their lionhearted spirit in the face of hardship, and the way their paths intertwined time and again. The Perilous West tells this riveting story in depth for the first time, focusing on each of the seven explorers in turn--Ramsey Crooks, Robert McClellan, John Hoback, Jacob Reznor, Edward...
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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English
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"In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures traveling across the deserts of the American West in an orange van named Bertha and reflects on an unconventional approach to life. A woman defined by motion, Brianna Madia bought a beat-up bright orange van, filled it with her two dogs Bucket and Dagwood, and headed into the canyons of Utah with her husband. Nowhere for Very Long is her deeply felt, immaculately...
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Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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From the award-winning author of Perma Red comes a devastatingly beautiful novel that challenges prevailing historical narratives of Sacajewea."In my seventh winter, when my head only reached my Appe's rib, a White Man came into camp. Bare trees scratched sky. Cold was endless. He moved through trees like strikes of sunlight. My Bia said he came with bad intentions, like a Water Baby's cry."Among the most memorialized women in American history, Sacajewea...
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Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
192 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
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English
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A narrative about the Corps of Discovery's epic journey including excerpts from Lewis & Clarks journals, illustrated with journal sketches, historical and contemporary photos, paintings and maps.
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Pub. Date
1974
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1080L
Physical Desc
xviii, 124 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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A selection of letters by Laura Ingalls Wilder to her husband in which she describes the highlights of her visit to the west coast in 1915.