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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years, award-winning historian John Mack Faragher portrays America's famous frontier hero. Boone (1734-1820), who came to popular attention in 1784 with the publication of Kentucke, the narrative of his adventures published by John Filson, scouted the trans-Appalachian west for settlement before any other English-speaking American, surveyed and helped build the Wilderness...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A riveting popular history of Los Angeles's bloody beginnings. 'Los Angeles is a terrible place for murders,' declared the Daily Alta California in 1850. The county suffered more than two hundred killings between 1850 and 1859, with many bodies borne down Eternity Street on the way to Cavalry Cemetery. Yale historian John Mack Faragher delves into the birth of the City of Angels to deliver a rich portrait of its rise. From its modest origins as a...
Author
Series
Yale historical publications. Miscellany volume 121
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"A survey of frontier history, tracing the story from the first Columbian contacts between Indians and Europeans to the multicultural encounters of the modern southwest. It provides details about topics such as western landscapes, environmental movements, literature, arts and film"--Amazon.com.
