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The American West; the pictorial epic of a continent / Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg. With title page in color by E.S. Hammack and more than 1,000 illus.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia F591 .B4 1955
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- Author/Creator:
- Beebe, Lucius, 1902-1966.
- Clegg, Charles, 1916-1979, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West (U.S.)--History--Pictorial works.
- West (U.S.).
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- West United States.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- History.
- Dust jackets (Binding)
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 511 pages : illustrations, portraits, map ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dutton, 1955.
- Summary:
- Text and illustrations recreate the epic of the American West.
- Contents:
- The long hunters
- The gateway to the land
- Manifest destiny
- To see the elephant
- Golden Gate
- The border states
- The shining mountains
- The Great Plains
- The Comstock
- Greater than the Comstock
- Dudes
- Drummers
- The heathen Chinese
- Pistol packing madames
- Deseret
- The dreary Black Hills
- The big sky
- Beef critters
- Arizona story.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 508-511).
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has slips of paper laid in throuthout.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Beebe, Lucius Morris, 1902-1966. American West.
- OCLC:
- 964503
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