The Great West: A Treasure Of Firsthand Accounts - Softcover

Neider, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306807610 ISBN 13: 9780306807619

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1997

Synopsis

From 1540 to the turn of the twentieth century, here are the real stories behind the legends by the explorers, American Indians, outlaws, lawmen, scouts, soldiers, frontiersmen, miners, fur traders, and cowboys who lived and witnessed them. Within these pages Lewis and Clark record their remarkable journey to the Pacific; Davy Crockett recounts his adventures in the wilderness; General George A. Custer writes about his scout Wild Bill Hickok; Two Moon gives his eyewitness account of the Battle of Little Big Horn; Pat F. Garrett tells how he killed Billy the Kid; J. D. Borthwick describes the Gold Rush; Mark Twain celebrates the Pony Express; and the voices of Coronado, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill Cody, Geronimo, Calamity Jane, Washington Irving, Francis Parkman, Horace Greeley, John Muir, and many more convey their frontier experiences. With maps and nearly a hundred illustrations by Frederick Remington, George Catlin, Albert Bierstadt, and others, this unique anthology is a monumental mosaic of life, death, and glory in the American West.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Neider is a noted literary critic, editor, and novelist. His many books as editor include Washington Irving's George Washington: A Biography, The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain, The Great West: A Treasury of Firsthand Accounts and The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson.The Complete Essays of Mark Twain, The Autobiography of Mark Twain. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

From Library Journal:

This book includes more than 50 personal accounts of the settling of the West. These remembrances, which were first published in 1958, are divided into three sections: Pathfinders, which includes the likes of Lewis and Clark; Heroes and Villains such as Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill; and Observers like Washington Irving, Mark Twain, John Muir, Francis Parkman, and many others.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0306807610
• ISBN 13: 9780306807619
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464