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  • Tenderfoot Days

    "Tenderfoot Days" is a memoir written by George Robert Bird that tells the story of his youth in the American West during the late 19th century.Born in Iowa in 1862, Bird moved with his family to Kansas and then to Colorado as a young boy. Growing up in the rugged and untamed wilderness of the West, Bird had many adventures and experiences that shaped his life and worldview."Tenderfoot Days" is a ... Read more

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  • Tenderfoot Days

    This book is neither a History nor a Topography of the Territory of Utah in the early seventies of the last century. The volume is due to the experiences of an outsider who tried to be impartial in his views and sympathies. The personal note, of course, rings in this record of those past days. No onslaught is made on the "wild and woolly" west, nor on the eccentric religion of the majority of the ... Read more

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  • Tenderfoot Days

    This is a memoir by a non-Mormon about his experiences in the prospecting camps of Utah at the turn of the 19th century. Written as a first-person perspective by an outsider, it gives a sympathetic account of the Mormons, but also brings up some darker aspects about their history. It's also pretty racist towards Native Americans, so, as always with these old books, please bear in mind the context ... Read more

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  • No Resting Place

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    A Scottish-Cherokee boy accompanies his grandparents on the Trail of Tears in this "superb" novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Ordways ( Time).Twelve-year-old Amos Ferguson is a blond, blue-eyed boy of mixed Cherokee and Scottish heritage, the son of a physician and the grandson of a gentleman farmer. Despite wealth and education, however, the family has no recourse when a ... Read more

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  • Villages on Wheels: A Social History of the Gathering to Zion

    The enduring saga of Mormonism is its great trek across the plains, and understanding that trek was the life work of Stanley B. Kimball, master of Mormon trails. This final work, a collaboration he began and which was completed after his death in 2003 by his photographer-writer wife, Violet, explores that movement westward as a social history, with the Mormons moving as “villages on wheels.”Set in ... Read more

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  • Indian Boyhood & From the Deep Woods to Civilization

    Enriched edition. A Dakota Sioux Childhood, Wilderness Traditions, and the Path to Assimilation

    Charles Eastman's work 'Indian Boyhood & From the Deep Woods to Civilization' offers readers a captivating glimpse into the rich traditions and experiences of Native American life. Through descriptive narratives and vivid storytelling, Eastman provides an intimate portrayal of his childhood as a Dakota Sioux boy, as well as his journey towards assimilation into mainstream American society. The ... Read more

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  • Cow-Boy Life in Texas (Illustrated Edition)

    by W. S. James ...
    Series Book 14 - Western Cowboy Classics
    This is a narrative of cowboy life in a less-sensational portrayal, which is unusual for this period. Written by a Texas cowhand who turned preacher, Will S. James wrote about the cowboy as he really was, describing cowboy life in considerable detail.W. S. James, born 1856, has been described by J. Frank Dobie as a "genuine cowboy who became a genuine preacher and wrote a book of validity. This is ... Read more

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  • Reminiscences Of Abraham Lincoln: And Notes Of A Visit To California

    Given the intimacy of the friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Fry Speed, it's remarkable that there is not more biographical information about Speed. There have been a few sketches and at least one book on the relationship of the Speed brothers to Lincoln.In this long-forgotten, slim volume, Joshua Speed himself offers a lecture on his memories of his dear friend, Lincoln. Also included ... Read more

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  • Brigham's Destroying Angel

    Being the Life, Confession, and Startling Disclosures of the Notorious Bill Hickman, the Danite Chief of Utah

    The controversial memoir Brigham's Destroying Angel caused a huge rift in the Mormon Church upon its release in 1872 and had a powerful effect on the church’s reputation. ‘Wild’ Bill Hickman’s book chronicles his life as a member of the Mormon church and his reputed position as Brigham Young’s hatchet-man. Accused at the time of mass-murder, Hickman shares the details of the horrific crimes he ... Read more

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