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Devil’s Gate—the name conjures difficult passage and portends a doubtful outcome. In this eloquent and captivating narrative, Tom Rea traces the history of the Sweetwater River valley in central Wyoming—a remote place including Devil’s Gate, Independence Rock, and other sites along a stretch of the Oregon Trail—to show how ownership of a place can translate into owning its story.
Seemingly in the middle of nowhere, Devil’s Gate is the...
About the Author
Tom Rea is the author of Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaur, winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for contemporary nonfiction. He lives with his family in Casper, Wyoming.
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"A tale that should entertain, inspire, and trouble anyone who loves the American West.”—Will Bagley, author of Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
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- PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0806137924
- ISBN 13 9780806137926
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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