Book
Long day's journey : the steamboat & stagecoach era in the northern West
Record details
- ISBN: 0295976918
- ISBN: 9780295976914
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Physical Description:
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408 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 x 27 cm - Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©1999.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-402) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Golden years, 1831-1869 : Soft gold defines a distant land ; The way west by land and sea ; Oregon unbound, or the formative fifties ; The pulse of a continent ; Rocky Mountain gold fever ; Ho for Idaho! Steamboats to the gold country ; Via Shank's mare and stagecoach ; Long hauls overland: the freighters ; Contested terrain ; Ben Holladay builds a stagecoach empire ; Stagecoaching adapts to the frontier west ; Travail by stagecoach ; Navigating on a heavy dew ; The burdens of time and space ; Landscapes of the steamboat and stagecoach era -- Reconfiguring the west, 1869-1900 : Overland to Promontory and beyond ; Monopoly rules the empire of the Columbia ; Winding down the Missouri ; Sail, steam, and the rise of Seattle ; Symbols of an era -- Suggestions for further reading. |
| Awards Note: | Western History Association Joan Paterson Kerr Book Award, 2001. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | F 593 .S39 1999 | 680409 | Stacks | Available | - |