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Cadillac Desert, The American West and Its Disappearing Water

Cadillac Desert, The American West and Its Disappearing Water


by Marc Reisner

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 582 PAGES

A definitive history of water development in the American desert -- and a now-classic chronicle of wrong-headed policies and misadventures controlling the great rivers of the West. (USW246, $18.00)

Going Places, Transportation Redefines the Twentieth-Century West


by Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 419 PAGES

A narrative history of the relationship between transportation and the history of the modern American West. With over 100 photographs. (USW494, $29.95)

Myth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park


by Paul Schullery

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

An account of the conservationists who labored to create the park. (RKY97, $22.00)

Travel by Pullman, A Century of Service


by Joe Welsh

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

A nostalgic history of the Pullman and the golden age of American rail travel. With black-and-white and color illustrations, including views of Pullman interiors. (USW495, $34.95)

Undaunted Courage, Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Undaunted Courage, Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West


by Stephen Ambrose

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

Ambrose recreates the high adventure and politics of late 18th-century America in this classic history, rich in details of Native American life, geography, flora and fauna. (USW20, $18.00)

 

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