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Long day's journey : the steamboat & stagecoach era in the northern West / Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes.

Schwantes, Carlos A., 1945- (Author).

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Schwantes gathers historical photos, advertisements, posters, and contemporary accounts to recreate one of the most colorful periods in the American West. 255 illustrations, 40 in color. --From publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 0295976918
ISBN: 9780295976914
Physical Description: 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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Subject:: Northwestern States > History > 19th century.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Coaching (Transportation) > Northwestern States > History > 19th century.
Steamboats > Northwestern States > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Northwestern States.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique.
Voyages en diligence > États-Unis (Nord-Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Bateaux à vapeur > États-Unis (Nord-Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Vie des pionniers > États-Unis (Nord-Ouest)
États-Unis (Nord-Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Coaching (Transportation)
Frontier and pioneer life.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Steamboats.
United States > Northwestern States.
Reiseverkehr
USA > Nordweststaaten
Vervoer.
Frontier.
Geschichte 1800-1900.
Genre:: History.

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