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Dream West

Author : David Nevin

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 644 pages

File Size : 11,24 MB

Release : 2005-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780765313980

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Dream West is the New York Times bestselling fictional account of famed North America explorer John Charles Fremont, by David Nevin. Upon its release over twenty years ago, Dream West was deemed a classic novel of the American West by both critics and the reading public. Telling the amazing true story of America's famed explorer, John Charles Fremont, and his beloved supporter and muse, Jessie Benton, it quickly found its way onto the New York Times bestsellers list and adapted into a CBS mini-series starring Richard Chamberlain. Now available for the first time ever in trade paperback, Nevin's epic of adventure and discovery will once again give readers a chance to witness the passion of an early explorers dreams of the great unknown, and the love and perseverance that saw his dream come to life.



Dream West

Author : Douglas Brode

Publisher : University of Texas Press

Page : 391 pages

File Size : 33,38 MB

Release : 2013-08-01

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 0292748280

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"Overturns conventional thinking that the Western genre is essentially conservative. Instead, Brode demonstrates that Hollywood liberals used Westerns to espouse a progressive agenda on a range of issues, including gun control, environmental protection, respect for non-Christian belief systems, and community cohesion versus rugged individualism. Doug Brode takes a new look at dozens of Westerns, including Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Red River, 3:10 to Yuma (old and new), The Wild Ones, High Noon, My Darling Clementine, The Alamo, and No Country for Old Men"--



Westward the Dream (Ribbons West Book #1)

Author : Judith Pella

Publisher : Bethany House

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 50,26 MB

Release : 2011-05-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1441232370

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As the U.S. descends into the Civil War, photographer Brenton Baldwin travels west with his sister Jordana, taking pictures of the developing lands and in search of their sister. Along for the trip is young Caitlan O'Connor, who has just arrived from Ireland. Will they make it to California to find their family despite the danger that looms ahead? And can early romance grow into love in the face of trials and tragedy?



Dream West

Author : David Nevin

Publisher : Forge Books

Page : 907 pages

File Size : 40,69 MB

Release : 2017-12-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 076539863X

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A fictionalized story of John Charles Fremont, and Jessie, the daughter of Thomas Hart Benton, that embraces the stormiest and most adventurous half-century this country has ever known.



Defend the Dream

Author : Mario West

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 50,58 MB

Release : 2016-09-30

Category :

ISBN : 9780692776506

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Defend The Dream is the ultimate playbook to help you manifest your greatest potential and accomplish whatever goals you desire to achieve in life. In this book, Mario West shares 20 'Plays' that helped him win his lifelong dream to play in the NBA. These Plays will help you to:*Start the path to your dream and see it through to the end*Overcome obstacles and turn challenges into opportunities*Build the courage to walk by faith*Embrace and cultivate your unique set of giftsMario's 20 plays have been compiled to simulate a fun and interactive, four-quarter basketball game in which the reader stars in the 'game' of his or her own dream. WORKBOOK INCLUDED!Reflective questions follow each chapter and challenge the reader to apply all 20 Plays to their own dreams!Mario West is a retired American professional basketball player who previously played in the NBA for the Atlanta Hawks and the New Jersey Nets. He played basketball overseas for five years with six different teams including the Dominican Republic's Cañeros del Este, where he helped win the league championship and garnered finals MVP honors. Mario is currently the Director of Player Personnel for the men's basketball team at his alma mater, Georgia Tech University, where he was a member of the school's legendary 2004 Final Four team and became the 2007 NCAA Slam Dunk Contest winner.



West of Slavery

Author : Kevin Waite

Publisher : UNC Press Books

Page : 393 pages

File Size : 18,54 MB

Release : 2021-04-01

Category : History

ISBN : 1469663201

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When American slaveholders looked west in the mid-nineteenth century, they saw an empire unfolding before them. They pursued that vision through diplomacy, migration, and armed conquest. By the late 1850s, slaveholders and their allies had transformed the southwestern quarter of the nation – California, New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of Utah – into a political client of the plantation states. Across this vast swath of the map, white southerners defended the institution of African American chattel slavery as well as systems of Native American bondage. This surprising history uncovers the Old South in unexpected places, far beyond the region's cotton fields and sugar plantations. Slaveholders' western ambitions culminated in a coast-to-coast crisis of the Union. By 1861, the rebellion in the South inspired a series of separatist movements in the Far West. Even after the collapse of the Confederacy, the threads connecting South and West held, undermining the radical promise of Reconstruction. Kevin Waite brings to light what contemporaries recognized but historians have described only in part: The struggle over slavery played out on a transcontinental stage.



It Began with a Dream

Author : marvin jackson

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 50,50 MB

Release : 2020-05

Category :

ISBN : 9780578676388

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Memoir of the life of Dr. Gladys B. West, a black woman who played an integral role in the development of the GPS.



The Dream of the Burning Boy

Author : David West Read

Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc

Page : 60 pages

File Size : 37,90 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Drama

ISBN : 9780822225454

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THE STORY: Since the sudden death of his favorite student, high-school teacher Larry Morrow has been falling asleep at his desk and dreaming. The school's guidance counselor is hanging inspirational posters designed to help everyone process their





Dreams of El Dorado

Author : H. W. Brands

Publisher : Basic Books

Page : 496 pages

File Size : 10,49 MB

Release : 2019-10-22

Category : History

ISBN : 1541672534

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"Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope" (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the California Gold Rush and beyond. In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame-and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East. Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West.