People of the Moonshell is an award-winning history of the Platte River, the primary way west during the frontier era. Peterson focuses on people, some well-known, some unknown, who had some extraordinary experience along the Platte. Subjects range from Spanish explorers to Mormon settlers, from Buffalo Bill Cody and Robert Louis Stevenson to Native Americans fighting for their homeland. Written largely from diaries and journals, the tales weave into an overview of Plate River history described by the El Paso Corral of Westerners as "one of those rare treasures."
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Nancy Peterson writes with care and feeling about the Platte River country because she grew up along the North Platte in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Highly interested in the frontier era, she has authored numerous historical articles in regional publications as well as a column of local history which was the impetus for People of the Moonshell. Winner of numerous awards for both prose and poetry, she is past president of the Denver Woman's Press Club and the Denver Branch of the National League of American Pen Women.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Asa Battles (illustrator). 1st Edition. Renaissance House, Frederick, CO. 1985. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name on the title page. Book Condition: Very Good; light board edge and spine edge wear. No DJ. Pictorial heavy card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 163 pp 4to. Moonshell is a poetic Indian name for the Platte River, the most historically exciting river in western America. The Platte was the primary migration route to the west and was America's true highway of Empire. The author writes of the People of the Moonshell; common men and women who were pursuing their respective rainbows- knowledge, glory, gold, a homestead, redemption, salvation. The all did it on the Platte River and helped to build America along the way. A clean presentable copy. Seller Inventory # 006803
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Trade paperback. Condition: Very Good. Asa Battles (illustrator). Brief gift inscription by previous owner. People of the Moonshell is an award-winning history of the Platte River, the primary way west during the frontier era. Peterson focuses on people, some well-known, some unknown, who had some extraordinary experience along the Platte. Subjects range from Spanish explorers to Mormon settlers, from Buffalo Bill Cody and Robert Louis Stevenson to Native Americans fighting for their homeland. Written largely from diaries and journals, the tales weave into an overview of Plate River history described by the El Paso Corral of Westerners as one of those rare treasures. Seller Inventory # SKU2010030699
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Paperback. Asa Battles (illustrator). First Edition (1984), unstated in accordance with Renaissance House's customary practice. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: light wear to extremities with some stress creases near the lower corner of the front panel and another near the fore-edge; a coupe of very faint creases near the upper rear corner; mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; some shelf-soiling to the bottom edge of the text block; the binding square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. Bright and clean. Not far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches). 165 pages. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated with maps and drawings by Asa Battles. Language: English. Weight :17 ounces. Jende-Hagan Co Booksellers: Renaissance House. Trade Paperback. "Moonshell" is a poetic Indian name for the Platte River, the most historically exciting river in western America. The Platte was the primary migration route to the west and was America's true highway of Empire. The author writes of the People of the Moonshell; common men and women who were pursuing their respective rainbows- knowledge, glory, gold, a homestead, redemption, salvation. The all did it on the Platte River and helped to build America along the way. First Edition (1984), unstated in accordance with Renaissance House's customary practice. Seller Inventory # 57345
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