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Synopsis
Touring the Old West is a practical guide to what is left of the western frontier and a page-turning history for those wo can't hit the trail. In this "love letter to half of America," Kent Ruth takes the reader through twenty-one states, pointing out legendary and little-known attractions on and off the main highways.
Ruth directs today's explorer to famous old trails and landmarks, crumbling cemeteries, and original rail lines to Indian encampments and military forts (some of them restored and catering to history buffs). The tour is dotted with old-time fur trading posts, boom-and-bust mining camps, sleepy ghost towns, and near-ghosts with hotels still standing. Photographs and a state-by-state index identify authentic highlights for anybody's "out West" tour.
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About the Author
Kent Ruth, former travel editor of the Daily Oklahoman, is also author of Landmarks of the West: A Guide to Historic Sites (UNP, 1986).
Review
"A lot of oldtime adventure boiled down into one interesting volume."—Boston Globe (Boston Globe )
"Touring the Old West is flavored with personal experiences, fascinating glimpses of history, and the delightful Kent Ruth humor."—Sunday Oklahoman (Sunday Oklahoman )
"Ruth's book on the old West should whet any dude's appetite for the last frontier of the nineteenth century."—Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel )
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- PublisherUniv of Nebraska Pr
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0803238819
- ISBN 13 9780803238817
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages218
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