The West : an illustrated history

Author(s)

• Ward, Geoffrey C.
• Duncan, Dayton

Bibliographic Information

The West : an illustrated history

narrative by Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary film script by Geoffrey C. Ward and Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Stephen Ives and Ken Burns ; and contributions by Dayton Duncan ... [et al.]

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 435) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the history of the American West as it really happened. The book focuses on the experiences of men and women - explorers, soldiers, Indian warriors, railroad builders, showmen, outlaws and others - who peopled the drama. Their lives are recounted in their own words through letters, diaries and memoirs, all illustrated.

Table of Contents

• The Western mystery
• the most avid nation
• seeing the elephant
• a hell of a storm
• the grandest enterprise under God
• rivers run backward
• the greatest die-up
• the outcome of our earliest endeavours.

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Details

• NCID: BA30022709
• ISBN:
  • 0297821814
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 445 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F591
  • DC20 : 978
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : West (U.S.) -- History