Describes the author's trip through the American West--retracing Lewis and Clark's historic trail--and his encounters with the people who have adopted the myths of the West

Out West: an American Journey. [Modern Day (1981-85) Travel Adventure over the Lewis and Clark Route of 1804-6].

Travel

Duncan, Dayton

Reference

Viking/Penquin

Grass Roots: One Year in the Life of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary

History

World

Penguin??Books

Duncan takes readers on an exploration of the fifteen Western states that constitute the modern "frontier," covering little known chapters in American history and meeting the modern-day pioneers who live there now. "A thoughtful, thematic analysis."--Alberquerque Journal. 16 pages of photos.

Miles from Nowhere: In Search of the American Frontier

Americas

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War. America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world’s first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recentadditions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres. The authors recount the adventures, mythmaking, and intense political battles behind the evolution of the park system, and the enduringideals that fostered its growth. They capture the importance and splendors of the individual parks: from Haleakala in Hawaii to Acadia in Maine, from Denali in Alaska to the Everglades in Florida, from Glacier in Montana to Big Bend in Texas. And they introduce us to a diverse cast of compelling characters—both unsung heroes and famous figures such as John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ansel Adams—who have been transformed by these special places and committed themselves to saving them from destruction so that the rest of us could be transformed as well. The National Parks is a glorious celebration of an essential expression of American democracy.

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Business & Money

Burns, Ken

Economics

Alfred.A. Knopf

Fifteen people of the West tell their stories from various perspectives in a creative collection, capturing the many struggles and sacrifices made during that important period of settlement and migration. TV tie-in.

People of the West

Children's Books

Little,Brown & Co

The West: An Illustrated History for Children

Provides a broad outline for young readers on the history of the land beyond the Mississippi, discussing how the West came to be a claimed piece of territory by the Europeans through various struggles, explorations, and other important events. TV tie-in.

Tells the stories of fifteen men and women whose individual experiences provide a representative picture of life during the formative years of the American West

This is the companion volume to the stunning PBS TV series from Stephen Ives and Ken Burns. The book features over 400 illustrations, many of them never before published, in magnificent color. In a vivid narrative that begins with the arrival of the first Europeans and ends well into the 20th century, Ward provides a gripping journey through the turbulent history of the region that has come to symbolize America around the world. Drawing upon hundreds of letters, diaries, memoirs, and journals as well as the latest scholarship, THE WEST chronicles the arrival of wave after wave of newcomers from every direction of the compass. The cast is as rich and diverse as the western landscape itself--explorers, soldiers, Indian warriors, settlers, railroad builders and gaudy showmen. Coronado, Custer, Jesse James, Chief Joseph, Brigham Young and Buffalo Bill are all here. So are scores of lesser-known westerners whose stories are no less compelling--a Chinese ditchdigger. a rich Mexican landowner, a forty-niner from Chile, a Texas cowboy born in Britain, a woman missionary to the Indians who loathed the West and a Wellesley graduate who loved it in spite of everything it did to her and her family. It is the central story of America, a story filled with heroism and hope, enterprise and adventure as well as tragedy and disappointment. THE WEST explores the tensions between whites and the native peoples they sought to displace, but it also encompasses the Hispanic experience in the West from the time of the conquistadors to the transformation of a Mexican-American village called Los Angeles into the region's major metropolis, the lives of Chinese immigrants who called the region "Gold Mountain", and the ordeals of freed slaves from the South who sought a better life homesteading on the Great Plains. Beautifully written, richly illustrated, meticulously researched. THE WEST tells the story of a unique part of the country and provides a metaphor for the country as a whole.

The West: An Illustrated History

Ward, Geoffrey C.

Little,Brown

Mark Twain

Read by 4 cassettes/6 hours A companion audiobook to the 4-hour PBS television series. From the authors of Jazz, Baseball, and The Civil War: a biography of one of the central figures of our literature—the American titan who gave us Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Life on the Mississippi. Using material from Twain's works, diaries, and letters, Mark Twain follows the great writer/humorist/lecturer/people's philosopher from the Hannibal, Missouri of his childhood, to the Europe and Middle East of his travels (and hilarious travel books); from his beginnings as a newspaperman to his storied life as (in his own words) "the most conspicuous man on the planet." The essential companion audiobook to the upcoming public television series, Mark Twain also stands on its own as an enthralling biography.

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Random House Audio |

Read by 5 CDs/6 hours A companion audiobook to the 4-hour PBS television series. From the authors of Jazz, Baseball, and The Civil War: a biography of one of the central figures of our literature—the American titan who gave us Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Life on the Mississippi. Using material from Twain's works, diaries, and letters, Mark Twain follows the great writer/humorist/lecturer/people's philosopher from the Hannibal, Missouri of his childhood, to the Europe and Middle East of his travels (and hilarious travel books); from his beginnings as a newspaperman to his storied life as (in his own words) "the most conspicuous man on the planet." The essential companion audiobook to the upcoming public television series, Mark Twain also stands on its own as an enthralling biography.

Literature & Fiction

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Out West: an American Journey. [Modern Day (1981-85) Travel Adventure over the Lewis and Clark Route of 1804-6].

Grass Roots: One Year in the Life of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary

Miles from Nowhere: In Search of the American Frontier

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

People of the West

The West: An Illustrated History for Children

People of the West

The West: An Illustrated History

Mark Twain

Mark Twain