FIRST EDITION in blue cloth, endpaper maps, maps and drawings by Robert MacLean, illustrations, maps, biblio., index by states followed by general index, 218pp. Very Good+ (owner gift reference on half-title page). Several Custer and Little Big Horn references + many others from the Old West.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Touring the Old West
Publisher: The Stephen Greene Press, Brattleboro, Vermont
Publication Date: 1971
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0828901295
ISBN 13: 9780828901291
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Robert MacLean
Edition: First Edition.
Printing: 1st printing
Condition: Very Good+
Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket

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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.

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).

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A lifelong collector, I am selling some of my inventory to make room for my own new purchases. My collecting interests includes a wide variety of subjects, with emphasis in the American West (both non-fiction and fiction), Custer, natural history, Pennsylvania history, antiques, exploration, horticulture and 20th/21st century first editions. New listings regularly. Please contact with any questions on listings or interests you have.

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