Commerce of the Prairies
Author : Josiah Gregg
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Page : 382 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 1905
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Author : Josiah Gregg
Publisher :
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 1905
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Author : Matt White
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 12,68 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1603445560
Matt White's connections with both prairie plants and prairie people are evident in the stories of discovery and inspiration he tells as he tracks the ever dwindling parcels of tallgrass prairie in northeast Texas. In his search, he stumbles upon some unexpected fragments of virgin land, as well as some remarkable tales of both destruction and stewardship.
Author : Josiah Gregg
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Page : 338 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 1849
Category : Indians of North America
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Author : Josiah Gregg
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,56 MB
Release : 1926
Category : History
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Author : James Josiah Webb
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,96 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803297722
James Josiah Webb left Independence, Missouri, in the summer of 1844 and headed down the Santa Fe Trail with goods bought in St. Louis. Although his first venture as a trader was a failure, he eventually made a fortune as a merchant in Santa Fe. Webb recorded his youthful experiences in 1888, and Ralph P. Bieber, a respected scholar and researcher on western expansion, edited and annotated his journal for publication more than forty years later. Long out of print, Adventures in the Santa Fe Trade is an entertaining and important source of first-hand information about the Santa Fe Trail and trade; trappers, Mexicans, and Indian tribes of the Old Southwest; and the impact of the Mexican War on southwestern trade.
Author : Josiah Gregg
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,2 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1429045299
Gregg's book Commerce of the Prairies, published in two volumes in 1844, was an account of his time spent as a trader on the Santa Fe Trail from 1831 to 1840 and includes commentary on the geography, botany, geology, and culture of New Mexico. Gregg wrote about local people and described Indian culture and artifacts. Volume 2 of 2.
Author : Susan Shelby Magoffin
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Page : 344 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
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Author : Max L. Moorhead
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Page : 254 pages
File Size : 15,13 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Camino Real
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A study of the classic north-south highway connecting Santa Fe and Chihauhau, pioneered by Onate in 1598.
Author : Josiah Gregg
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Page : 346 pages
File Size : 13,64 MB
Release : 1844
Category : Indians of North America
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Author : Dan Flores
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,52 MB
Release : 2017-01-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 070062466X
America's Great Plains once possessed one of the grandest wildlife spectacles of the world, equaled only by such places as the Serengeti, the Masai Mara, or the veld of South Africa. Pronghorn antelope, gray wolves, bison, coyotes, wild horses, and grizzly bears: less than two hundred years ago these creatures existed in such abundance that John James Audubon was moved to write, "it is impossible to describe or even conceive the vast multitudes of these animals." In a work that is at once a lyrical evocation of that lost splendor and a detailed natural history of these charismatic species of the historic Great Plains, veteran naturalist and outdoorsman Dan Flores draws a vivid portrait of each of these animals in their glory—and tells the harrowing story of what happened to them at the hands of market hunters and ranchers and ultimately a federal killing program in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Great Plains with its wildlife intact dazzled Americans and Europeans alike, prompting numerous literary tributes. American Serengeti takes its place alongside these celebratory works, showing us the grazers and predators of the plains against the vast opalescent distances, the blue mountains shimmering on the horizon, the great rippling tracts of yellowed grasslands. Far from the empty "flyover country" of recent times, this landscape is alive with a complex ecology at least 20,000 years old—a continental patrimony whose wonders may not be entirely lost, as recent efforts hold out hope of partial restoration of these historic species. Written by an author who has done breakthrough work on the histories of several of these animals—including bison, wild horses, and coyotes—American Serengeti is as rigorous in its research as it is intimate in its sense of wonder—the most deeply informed, closely observed view we have of the Great Plains' wild heritage.