West (U.S.) - Description and travel
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier
“An ideal pairing of talent and material. … Engrossing. ..
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Brown, Daniel James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 22, 2015
- ISBN10: 0061348112
- Language: English
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Going Along the Emigrant Trails
$14.95 Read moreChildren ages 8 to 12 can learn about the journeys of emigrants who traveled 2,000 miles across mountains and prairies to start new lives. From 1851 to the mid-1860s, nearly 350,000 Americans traveled… [more below]
- Series: Farcountry Explorer Book
- Author: Fifer, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1560373547
- Language: English
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The Prairie Traveler
$12.95 Add to cartFilled with helpful information that was essential for safe travel west as well as a fascinating view of the strenuous life faced by prairie travelers before the era of the railroad.
- Author: Marcy, Randolph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01 1986
- ISBN10: 918222893
- Language: English
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The Character of Meriwether Lewis: Explorer in the Wilderness
$29.95 Add to cartMeriwether Lewis commanded the most important exploration mission in the early history of the United States. Clay S. Jenkinson takes a fresh look at Lewis, not to offer a paper cutout hero but to desc
- Author: Jenkinson, Clay S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0874224160
- Language: English
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Lewis & Clark for Dummies
$19.99 Add to cartThe Lewis and Clark expedition was the greatest camping trip in history. It was one of those irresistible American adventures that many people dream of living. This book shares the delightful details … [more below]
- Series: For Dummies
- Author: Meadows, Sammye J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 26 2003
- ISBN10: 076452545X
- Language: English
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The Journey Home: Some Words in the Defense of the American West
$27.00 Add to cartThe Journey Home ranges from the surreal cityscapes of Hoboken and Manhattan to the solitary splendor of the deserts and mountains of the Southwest. It is alive with ranchers, dam builders, kissing bu… [more below]
- Author: Abbey, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 30 1991
- ISBN10: 0452265622
- Language: English
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Hard Road West: History and Geology Along the Gold Rush Trail
$21.00 Add to cartIn 1848 news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, an… [more below]
- Author: Meldahl, Keith Heyer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0226519627
- Language: English
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Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside
$20.00 Add to cartIn this wise and lyrical book about landscapes of the desert and the mind, Edward Abbey guides us beyond the wall of the city and asphalt belting of superhighways to special pockets of wilderness that
- Author: Abbey, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 15 1984
- ISBN10: 0805008209
- Language: English
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Lewis and Clark among the Indians (Bicentennial Edition)
$21.95 Add to cart“Particularly valuable for Ronda’s inclusion of pertinent background information about the various tribes and for his ethnological analysis. An appendix also places the Sacagawea myth in its proper pe
- Series: Lewis & Clark Expedition
- Author: Ronda, James P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: June 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0803289901
- Language: English
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Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off & Other Lessons from the Le Wis & Clark Trail
$17.95 Add to cartMore than two hundred years later, the “voyage of discovery”–with its outsized characters, geographic marvels, and wondrous moments of adventure and mystery–continues to draw us along the Lewis and … [more below]
- Series: Bison Original
- Author: Tubbs, Stephenie Ambrose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0803215851
- Language: English
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Roughing It
$17.00 Add to cartA marvelously vivid, many-sided portrait of America’s frontier days.
Mark Twain’s rambling took him all over the American West during teh 1860’s. He prospected for gold and silver, speculated on timb- Series: Penguin American Library
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: December 17 1981
- ISBN10: 0140390103
- Language: English
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The Sound of Mountain Water: The Changing American West
$19.00 Add to cartA book of timeless importance about the American West and a modern classic by National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Wallace Stegner.
The essays, memoirs, letters, and speeches collected in T- Author: Stegner, Wallace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 08 2017
- ISBN10: 0525435433
- Language: English
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Marking the Sparrow’s Fall: The Making of the American West
$26.99 Add to cartWinner of three O. Henry Awards, the Commonwealth Gold Medal, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Kirsch Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement, Wallace Stegner was a literary giant…. [more below]
- Author: Stegner, Wallace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 15 1999
- ISBN10: 0805062963
- Language: English
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Roughing It
$6.95 Add to cartThe celebrated author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn mixes fact and fiction in a rousing travelogue that serves as “a portrait of the artist as a young adventurer.”… [more below]
- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 04 2008
- ISBN10: 0451531108
- Language: English
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Bad Land: An American Romance
$18.00 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER – NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER – Startlingly observed, beautifully written, this book is a contemporary classic of the American West. – “As good a book as I have read … [more below]
- Series: Vintage Departures
- Author: Raban, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 364
- Publish Date: October 07 1997
- ISBN10: 0679759069
- Language: English
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day
$29.95 Add to cart“The Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day has several key strengths making it an admirable contribution to both historical geography and Lewis and Clark scholarship.”–Robert M. Briwa, Historical Geo
- Author: Moulton, Gary E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 774
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1496203836
- Language: English
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Discovering the Outlaw Trail: Routes, Hideouts & Stories from the Wild West
$26.95 Read moreOver 90 outlaw adventures with a modern twist combining historic experiences and outdoor activities.
- Enjoy Wild West trips across Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and South Dakota, plus spurs of th
- Author: Bezemek, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1680515233
- Language: English
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The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-Mile Horseback Journey Into the Old West
$30.00 Add to cartUSA Today Bestseller!
“Spellbinding” (Douglas Preston) and “completely fascinating” (Elizabeth Letts), cowboy and journalist Will Grant t
Selected by the Smithsonian as Best Travel Books of the Year- Author: Grant, Will
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 0316422312
- Language: English
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The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)
$20.00 Add to cartIn this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoise–the color and the gem–to probe deeper into our profound human attachment to landscape.
From t- Author: Meloy, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 08 2003
- ISBN10: 0375708138
- Language: English
