Schwantes, Carlos Arnaldo

Long Day's Journey the Steamboat and Stagecoach Era in the Northern West

Univ of Washington Pr 1999, First, Hardcover. . 0295976918 Mapped endpapers, color plates ; 408 pages; In "Long Day's Journey" Carlos Schwantes gathers historical photographs, advertisements, posters, and contemporary accounts to recreate one of the most colorful periods in the American West. He traces the rapidly evolving saga of miners and settlers struggling to get from here to there in the days before railroads reached the West, trying to establish methods of transportation and communication between the eastern United States and the new territories that became Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming - first by sea, around continents, then by land and water routes across America.Many of the enduring images and myths of the West derive from this era: the Pony Express, mule trains and plodding ox-team freighters, the picturesque side-wheelers and stern-wheelers that churned along the rivers, the colorful Concord stagecoaches drawn by four or six jingling, fleet horses. Schwantes describes in detail the technology of pre-industrial modes of transportation. He explains the economics that linked the birth and death of western towns and cities, the business history of entrepreneurs and stagecoach and steamboat companies, and the challenges facing passengers and employees on the stages and steamers of the northern West. Integrating more than 200 historical photographs and other illustrations with vivid contemporary accounts, Schwantes presents a fascinating history of Americans forging the first working connections between the West and the rest of America - connections that the railroads would soon smooth and strengthen. His book "Railroad Signatures across the Pacific Northwest" detailed that story; here he tells of the people and animals and equipment supplanted by the twin ribbons of steel. Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes is director of the Institute for Pacific Northwest Studies and professor of history at the University of Idaho. His book "Railroad Signatures across the Pacific Northwest" received the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award and the Railroad History Book Award. Among his many other publications are "Radical Heritage: Labor, Socialism, and Reform in Washington and British Columbia", "Coxy's Army: An American Odyssey", and "The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History". Fine in Fine dust jacket.

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Catalogue: American History

Schwartz, Harvey

Solidarity Stories: An Oral History of the Ilwu

University of Washington Press 2009, First, Hardcover. . 0295988843 Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket is flap-intact, clean with light edgewear, now protected within mylar cover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 58014

Catalogue: American History

Seale, William

The President's House: Two-Volume Set

Geographic Society 1986, Reprint, Hardcover. . 0912308281 Clean, crisp copy in pictorial slipcase. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 52451

Catalogue: American History

Seigenthaler, John; Cochran, Heather; Webster, Web

Nashville : City of Note (Urban Tapestry Ser. )

Memphis, Tn, U. S. A., Towery Publishing, Incorporated 1997, First, Hard Cover. . 1881096432 . Fine in Fine dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 20756

Catalogue: American History

Mots-clés: Nashville Tenn

Sewell, Richard H

Ballots for Freedom Antislavery Politics in the United States, 1837-1860

Oxford University Press 1976, First Edition, Hardcover. . 0195019970 Remainder stripe. Binding tight and straight, Inner pages crisp and clean. Dust Jacket is price-intact, clean with very mild shelfwear. ; 8.8 X 6.1 X 1.4 inches. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 55610

Catalogue: American History

Shesol, Jeff

Mutual Contempt Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud That Defined a Decade

W. W. Norton & Company 1998, Reprint, Paperback. . 0393318559 9.0 X 6.4 X 1.3 inches. Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 55379

Catalogue: American History

Shipler, David K.

A Country of Strangers Blacks and Whites in America

Knopf 1997, First, Hardcover. . 0394589750 6.5 X 2 X 10 inches; 607 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 60614

Catalogue: American History

Shurtleff, Nathaniel B.

Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England - 6 Volumes in 4

William White 1855, Hardcover. . 6 volumes in 4 (out of 10) from this series of reports. Includes: Vol. I Court Orders, 1633-1640 [and] Vol. II Court Orders, 1641-1651. 1855. * Vol. III Court Orders, 1651-1661 [and] Vol. IV Court Orders, 1661-1668. 1855. * Vol. VIII Miscellaneous Records, 1633-1689. 1857. * Edited by David Pulsifer. Vol. XI Laws, 1623-1682. 1961. All together 6 quarto volumes, bound as 4, each in cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. Interesting records on 17th Century New England laws.    Each volumes' spine tips chipped, most with repair, mild to moderate edge wear, some boards rubbed with soiling; name in ink on half title and/or title page. Binding tight and straight, inner pages lightly foxed, otherwise unmarked. Top edge gilt, gilt spine titles and cover illust. Extra postage required for this multi-volume set. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 35723

Catalogue: American History

Siegel, Martin and Howard B. Feur (Series editor)

New Orleans a Chronological and Documentary History, 1539-1970

Oceana Pubns 1975, First, Hardcover. . 0379006014 Orange cloth boards tight and straight, inner pages unmarked. Includes bibliography and name index. ; American Cities Chronology Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 57657

Catalogue: American History

Silbey, Joel H.

Storm over Texas the Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War

Oxford University Press 2005, Book Club Edition, Hardcover. . 0195139445 Pivotal Moments In American History; 9.4 X 6.1 X 1.1 inches. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 55304

Catalogue: American History

Skloot, Rebecca

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Crown 2010, Reprint, Hardcover. . 1400052173 Crisp, clean copy. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket is price-intact, clean with very mild shelfwear.; 6.3 X 1.3 X 9.5 inches; 384 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 63407

Catalogue: American History

Smart, Richard D.

The University of Virginia in the Life of the Nation: Academic Address

New York, University of Virginia 1905, First, paperback. . In wraps, leather cover. Leather at spine frayed. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 5943

Catalogue: American History

Mots-clés: American History

Smith, Bert

Greetings from Baltimore Scenes of the City's Colorful Postcard Past

Johns Hopkins University Press 1996, Reprint, Hardcover. . 0801855349 11.5 X 0.75 X 9 inches; 96 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 63481

Catalogue: American History

Smith, Harold S.

I Want to Quit Winners

Prentice Hall 1962, Reprint, Hardcover. . Personalized inscription by author Smith on front free-endpaper. Binding tight and straight, Inner pages crisp and clean. Dust Jacket is price-intact, small edgechips, creases, now protected within mylar cover. ; 8.2 X 5.7 X 1.5 inches; Signed by Author. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 55880

Catalogue: American History

Sobel, Mechal

The World They Made Together Black and White Values in Eighteenth-Century Virginia

Princeton University Press 1989, Reprint, Paperback. . 0691006083 . Very Good.

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N° du livre: 52374

Catalogue: American History