Where Rivers Meet: Lore from the Colorado Frontier (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest)

Muriel Marshall

ISBN 10: 0890966877 / ISBN 13: 9780890966877

Published by Texas A & M University Press, College Station TX, 1996

About this Item

Trade Paperback. 1st edition, 1st printing. Sewn binding, illustrated glossy wrappers; 215 pages, illustrations, index, bibliography. Number 14 in the Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest. CONDITION: FINE, binding square and tight, pages crisp and unmarked; negligible shelf wear. CONTENT: In her casual style, refreshing for its wit and sharp insight, Muriel Marshall tells the story of human struggle and folly in western Colorado, a region of rich local lore that beguiles visitors with its beauty and defies the order imposed by an encroaching civilization.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Where Rivers Meet: Lore from the Colorado Frontier (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest)
• Publisher: Texas A & M University Press, College Station TX
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890966877
• ISBN 13: 9780890966877
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Colorado
  • Travel & Exploration
  • Folklore

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Synopsis

Book by Marshall, Muriel

From the Back Cover

Where the Gunnison and Uncompahgre Rivers meet, so too have the real life stories and myths of the Native Americans, Spanish gold-seekers, French fur traders, white settlers, infamous outlaws, and the many others who have attempted to lay their claim to the region. In Where Rivers Meet, Muriel Marshall returns to western Colorado, the stomping grounds for her previous book, Red Hole in Time, to unearth the rich local lore. More than rural in its appeal, this story of life at the confluence of the tumultuous Gunnison and the tranquil Uncompahgre Rivers is a meditation on the history and irresistible appeal of the American West. Muriel Marshall tells the story of human struggle and folly in a region that beguiles visitors with its beauty and defies the order imposed by an encroaching civilization - the essential conflict in the American West that in many ways continues today. Her story drops the names of the many who came to make their mark in the area - in fact and in legend - and the many who passed through, leaving a lasting impression on the region before riding off into American myth.