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El. knyga: Lost Frontier: Momentous Moments in the Old West You May Have Missed

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  • Išleidimo metai: 01-May-2015
  • Leidėjas: TwoDot Books
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781493015207
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  • Išleidimo metai: 01-May-2015
  • Leidėjas: TwoDot Books
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781493015207
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This collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West goes beyond the tales everyone knows of the OK Corral and the Dead Mans Hand to focus on the gunfights, massacres, and daring deeds that are the stars of local historians but not featured in general histories of the old west. These events, while less well known, offer new territory for the Wild West buff to explore. Each chapter in this book tells a story that deserves to be rememberedeither because of its importance, its intrigue, or just because its interesting. From cowboys and Indians to explorers and electricity to warfare and gunfights to royalty and rogues, the stories here cover a frontier West your education may have missed.

Recenzijos

Durn itIve long known Rod Miller was a much better bareback rider, poet, novelist, journalist, essayist, reviewer, screenwriter, and general all-around cowboy and storyteller than I could ever hope to be. Now the many momentous moments I first learned about in The Lost Frontier make it look like I need to add biographer and historian to the long list of Rods astonishing talents.

Will Bagley, award-winning author and historian The Lost Frontier is the way history should be written: riveting, involving, and filled with verified facts that make the era of the Old West come alive. Miller is a talented writer and a first-rate historiana combination rarely present in the same person.

Chris Enss, New York Times bestselling Western history author Rod Millers humdinger of a new book, The Lost Frontier, is a jam-packed roundup of the most overlooked, underappreciated people, events, episodes, and accomplishmentsgood, bad, and uglyof the Old West. No dry history here: The award-winning authors subjects are fully fleshed, clothed, and howling for attention! I pity the readeryoung or old, history buff or casual page-flipperwho overlooks this book. Give Rod Miller three minutes and youll sign on for the whole trip, an eye-opening tour through an Old West you only thought you knew. If this is history, make mine a double, barkeep!

Matthew P. Mayo, Spur Award-winning author of Hornswogglers, Fourflushers & Snake-Oil Salesmen

Introduction viii
Head 'Em Up and Move 'Em Out: Trail Driving (1546--1865---North America)
1(7)
Alexander Mackenzie: Crossing the Continent (1792--1793---North America)
8(13)
Zebulon Pike: Lost in the Louisiana Purchase (1806--1807---Western Frontier)
21(7)
Maximilian and Bodmer: Science and Art in the Old West (1833--1834---Missouri River)
28(5)
"Corralled for Defense": Indian Attacks on Wagon Trains (1840--1860---Emigrant Trails)
33(7)
Porter Rockwell: God's Gunfighter (1840--1878---Western Frontier)
40(14)
Edward Fitzgerald Beale: A Frontiersman for All Reasons (1846---California)
54(7)
The Free and Independent State of Deseret (1847---Great Basin)
61(13)
Samuel Brannan: The Man Who Started the Gold Rush (1848---California)
74(6)
Before Civil Rights: The Chinese in America (1849---California)
80(8)
Dear Sir: Corresponding via the Jackass Mail (1851--1860---California and the Great Basin)
88(7)
Ships of the Southwest Desert: Camels Join the Army (1856---Texas)
95(9)
American Royalty: Emperor Norton I (1859---San Francisco)
104(8)
Root Hog or Die: The Pig War (1859---San Juan Island)
112(4)
Randolph B. Marcy: Tour Guide for the Westward Emigration (1859---Emigrant Trails)
116(7)
The Comstock Lode: A Silver-Lined Mountain (1859---Utah Territory)
123(11)
Barney Ford: From Runaway Slave to Wealthy Businessman (1860---Colorado)
134(4)
Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Gettysburg of the West (1862---New Mexico Territory)
138(7)
Massacre at Bear River: First, Worst, Forgotten (1863---Washington Territory)
145(10)
Adobe Walls: Ruins of a Way of Life (1864 and 1874---Texas)
155(8)
The End of the Civil War: Battle at the End of Texas (1865---Texas)
163(5)
First Blood: Showdown in the Street (1865---Missouri)
168(7)
Jacob Brodbeck: First Flight, First Crash? (1865---Texas)
175(6)
Mass Murder: Circleville Massacre (1866---Utah Territory)
181(7)
Black Hawk's Last Ride: Reconciliation (1869---Utah Territory)
188(9)
The Metis: Gone the Way of the Buffalo (1869---Prince Rupert's Land, United States and Canada)
197(5)
Making Barbwire Famous: The Frying Pan Ranch (1881---Texas)
202(5)
Surviving a Lead Storm: Elfego Baca (1888---New Mexico Territory)
207(4)
The Birth of the Modern World: Electricity (1891---Telluride, Colorado)
211(8)
Bibliography 219(14)
Index 233(13)
About the Author 246
Rod Miller is author of three books of history (Go West: The Risk & The Reward; Massacre at Bear River: First, Worst, Forgotten; John Muir: Magnificent Tramp) and contributed several articles for The Settlement of America: Encyclopedia of Westward Expansion. He is also author of three novels, two books of poetry, and numerous essays, magazine articles, and book reviews. He is winner of two Western Writers of America Spur Awards and the Westerners International Poetry Award, along with other awards and recognition as a writer.