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I Should Be Extremely Happy In Your Company : A Novel Of Lewis And Clark

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Brian Hall
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Book, Viking, 2003
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition to the Pacific Ocean and back in the early part of the nineteenth century is one of the most famous journeys in American history. On the eve of the two-hundredth anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Hall has used the novelist’s art to produce a compulsively readable book that fills in the gaps and provides a new perspective on this great American story. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Sacagawea · Fiction · Charbonneau, Jean-Baptiste, · 1805-1866 · Charbonneau, Toussaint, · ca. 1758-ca. 1839 · Lewis, Meriwether, · 1774-1809 · Clark, William, · 1770-1838 · Lewis and Clark Expedition · (1804-1806) · Discoveries in geography · Shoshoni women · Explorers · West (U.S.) · History · To 1848 · Hall, Brian, 1959-
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BROWSING (MAIN) PS3558.A363 I13 2003 DUE 01-31-10

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The Coming Of The Frontier Press : How The West Was Really Won

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Barbara Cloud ; foreword by Alan K. Simpson
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Book, Northwestern University Press, 2008
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From the first story about the discovery of gold in California in 1848 to features on today’s western boomtowns, western expansion and journalism have had a symbiotic relationship. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American newspapers · West (U.S.) · History · Press · Journalism · Frontier and pioneer life · Cloud, Barbara Lee · Simpson, Alan K
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(UPPER LEVEL) PN4894 .C56 2008 AVAILABLE

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Mary Austin And The American West

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Susan Goodman, Carl Dawson
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Book, University of California Press, 2008
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Mary Austin (1868-1934)–eccentric, independent, and unstoppable–was twenty years old when her mother moved the family west. By focusing on one extraordinary woman’s life, Mary Austin and the American West tells the larger story of the emerging importance of California and the Southwest to the American consciousness. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Austin, Mary Hunter, · 1868-1934 · Authors, American · 20th century · Biography · Women and literature · West (U.S.) · History · Western stories · History and criticism · In literature · Goodman, Susan, 1951- · Dawson, Carl
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3501.U8 Z596 2008 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3501.U8 Z596 2008	AVAILABLE

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Feast Or Famine : Food And Drink In American Westward Expansion

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Reginald Horsman
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Book, University of Missouri Press, 2008
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This first comprehensive account of food and drink in the winning of the West describes the sustenance of successive generations of western pioneers. He covers regional frontiers, as well as the cuisines of groups such as fur traders, soldiers, miners, and Mormons, and discusses food shortages that resulted from poor preparation, temporary scarcity of game, marginal soil, or simply bad luck. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Drinking customs · West (U.S.) · History · 19th century · Food habits · Frontier and pioneer life · Cookery, American · Western style · Overland journeys to the Pacific · Social life and customs · Discovery and exploration · United States · Territorial expansion · Horsman, Reginald
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(LOWER LEVEL) GT2853.U5 H67 2008 AVAILABLE

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Making Of The American West : People And Perspectives

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Benjamin H. Johnson, editor
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Book, ABC-CLIO, 2007
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This book provides a richly researched, evocative account of the individuals and institutions involved in the settling of the non-Indian West - and of the impact of the development of the West on the nation as a whole.In the 19th century, the United States established control over the western half of the continent, boldly confronting Mexico, European powers, and powerful Indian peoples. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Frontier and pioneer life · West (U.S.) · History · Social conditions · Ethnic relations · Economic conditions
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(LOWER LEVEL) F591 .M28 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F591 .M28 2007	AVAILABLE

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Devil’s Gate : Brigham Young And The Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy

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David Roberts
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Book, 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed, Simon & Schuster, 2008
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The Mormon handcart tragedy of 1856 is the worst disaster in the history of the Western migrations, and yet it remains virtually unknown today outside Mormon circles. The story of the Mormon handcart tragedy has never before been told in full despite its stunning human drama: At least five times as many people died in the Mormon tragedy as died in the more famous Donner Party disaster. Brigham Young and others in the Mormon leadership failed to heed the abundant signs of impending catastrophe, including warnings from other Mormon elders in the East and Midwest, where the journey began. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Young, Brigham, · 1801-1877 · Mormon pioneers · West (U.S.) · History · 19th century · Mormon handcart companies · Mormons · Migrations · Disasters · Overland journeys to the Pacific · Frontier and pioneer life · Biography · Roberts, David, 1943-
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(LOWER LEVEL) F593 .R54 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F593 .R54 2008	AVAILABLE

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Best Of Covered Wagon Women

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edited by Kenneth L. Holmes ; with a new introduction by Michael L. Tate
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Book, University of Oklahoma Press, 2008
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The diaries and letters of women who braved the overland trails during the great nineteenth-century westward migration are treasured documents in the study of the American West. For too long these diaries and letters were secreted away in attics and basements or collected dust on the shelves of manuscript collections across the country. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Women pioneers · West (U.S.) · Biography · Diaries · Correspondence · Overland journeys to the Pacific · Sources · Frontier and pioneer life · History · Holmes, Kenneth L
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(LOWER LEVEL) F591 .B525 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F591 .B525 2008	AVAILABLE

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A Terrible Glory : Custer And The Little Bighorn– The Last Great Battle Of The American West

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James Donovan
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Book, 1st ed, Little, Brown and Co, 2008
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In June of 1876, on a desolate hill above a winding river called “the Little Bighorn,” George Armstrong Custer and all 210 men under his direct command were annihilated by almost 2,000 Sioux and Cheyenne. Brimming with authentic detail and an unforgettable cast of characters–from Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse to Ulysses Grant and Custer himself–this is history with the sweep of a great novel. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Custer, George Armstrong, · 1839-1876 · United States. · Army · History · 19th century · Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 · Indians of North America · Government relations · 1869-1934 · West (U.S.) · History, Military · United States · Military policy · Donovan, Jim, 1954-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E83.876 .D66 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E83.876 .D66 2008	AVAILABLE

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American Leviathan : Empire, Nation, And Revolutionary Frontier

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Patrick Griffin
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Book, 1st ed, Hill and Wang, 2007
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The war that raged along America’s frontier during the period of the American Revolution was longer, bloodier, and arguably more revolutionary than what transpired on the Atlantic coast. Patrick Griffin recaptures a chaotic world of settlers, Indians, speculators, British regulars, and American and state officials, vying with one another to remake the West during its most formative period. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Frontier and pioneer life · Ohio River Valley · West (U.S.) · History · Revolution, 1775-1783 · To 1848 · United States · Territorial expansion · Influence · Griffin, Patrick, 1965-
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(LOWER LEVEL) F517 .G79 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F517 .G79 2007	AVAILABLE

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Lewis & Clark And The Indian Country : The Native American Perspective

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edited by Frederick E. Hoxie and Jay T. Nelson
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Book, University of Illinois Press, 2007
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Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country broadens the scope of conventional study of the Lewis and Clark expedition to include Native American perspectives. Nelson present the expedition’s long-term impact on the “Indian Country” and its residents through compelling interviews conducted with Native Americans over the past two centuries, secondary literature, Lewis and Clark travel journals, and other primary sources from the Newberry Library’s exhibit Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lewis, Meriwether, · 1774-1809 · Relations with Indians · Exhibitions · Clark, William, · 1770-1838 · Lewis and Clark Expedition · (1804-1806) · Influence · Culture conflict · West (U.S.) · History · 19th century · Indians of North America · Social life and customs · 20th century · Race relations · Description and travel · United States · Territorial expansion · Hoxie, Frederick E., 1947- · Nelson, Jay T
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(LOWER LEVEL) F592.7 .L496 2007 c.30109 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F592.7 .L496 2007 c.30109	AVAILABLE

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Jewish Women Pioneering The Frontier Trail : A History In The American West

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Jeanne E. Abrams
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Book, New York University Press, 2006
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This pioneering study pushes the frontier of Jewish women’s history and broadens our understanding of the American Jewish experience as a whole.” ?History in Review “Jeanne Abrams’ remarkable scholarly contribution stands at the intersection of American Jewish history, women’s history, Western history and migration history. While others have written of women’s lives in steamy urban tenements, no other volume conveys the variety of important roles that Jewish women played in the development of the American West and especially its Jewish communities. Kraut, Professor of History, American University, and author of Goldberger’s War: The Life and Work of a Public Health Crusader “This engaging and enlightening volume brings together two often neglected topics in the study of American Jews-the roles of women and of Jewish communities outside the Northeast. Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail rectifies this omission as the first full book to trace the history and contributions of Jewish women in the American West. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Jewish women · West (U.S.) · History · Social conditions · Women in Judaism · Judaism · Abrams, Jeanne E., 1951-
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(LOWER LEVEL) HQ1172 .A27 2006 AVAILABLE

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Last Stand : George Bird Grinnell, The Battle To Save The Buffalo, And The Birth Of The New West

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Michael Punke
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Book, 1st Smithsonian Books ed, Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2007
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A scientist and a journalist, a hunter and a conservationist, Grinnell would lead the battle to save the buffalo from extinction. Grinnell shared his adventures with some of the greatest and most infamous characters of the American West?from John James Audubon and Buffalo Bill to George Armstrong Custer and Theodore Roosevelt (Grinnell’s friend and ally). (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Grinnell, George Bird, · 1849-1938 · American bison · Conservation · West (U.S.) · History · 1860- 1890 · 1860-1890 · Punke, Michael
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(UPPER LEVEL) QH31.G74 P86 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QH31.G74 P86 2007	AVAILABLE

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Hard Road West : History & Geology Along The Gold Rush Trail

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Keith Heyer Meldahl
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Book, University of Chicago Press, 2007
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He guides us through a corrugated landscape of sawtooth mountains, following the meager streams that served as lifelines through an arid land, all the way to California itself, where colliding tectonic plates created breathtaking scenery and planted the gold that lured travelers west in the first place. The reader comes away with both an appreciation for the arduous cross-continental wagon journey and an understanding of the events that created such a vast and difficult landscape.??Library Journal (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Pioneers · West (U.S.) · History · 19th century · Biography · Frontier and pioneer life · Overland journeys to the Pacific · Landscape · Landforms · Geology · 1848-1860 · Description and travel · Geography · Meldahl, Keith Heyer
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(LOWER LEVEL) F593 .M479 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F593 .M479 2007	AVAILABLE

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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

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MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN)	E178 .T46 2006	AVAILABLE

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Indians And Emigrants : Encounters On The Overland Trails

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Michael L. Tate
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Book, University of Oklahoma Press, 2006
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Indians of North America · West (U.S.) · First contact with Europeans · Indian trails · History · Whites · Relations with Indians · Frontier and pioneer life · Indians, Treatment of · Overland journeys to the Pacific · Sources · Overland Trails · Tate, Michael L
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(LOWER LEVEL) E78.W5 T38 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E78.W5 T38 2006	AVAILABLE

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