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Magnificent failure : a portrait of the Western homestead era / John Martin Campbell ; with an introduction by Kenneth W. Karsmizki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campbell, John Martin, 1927-2013.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.
- Farm life--West (U.S.).
- Farm life.
- Farm life--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.
- Ranch life--West (U.S.).
- Ranch life.
- Ranch life--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.
- Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- Oral history.
- West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Biographies.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- In words that are as clean and precise as his haunting, starkly beautiful photographs (71 duotones, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches), the author vividly recreates the life and times of the Western Homestead Era.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Western Dreams 11
- Chapter 3. Making Good 23
- Chapter 4. Going Broke 29.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-183).
- ISBN:
- 0804738866
- 0804738874
- OCLC:
- 47224739
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