Figures in a western landscape : men and women of the northern Rockies / Elizabeth Stevenson.

"""Figures in a Western Landscape is an absolutely stunning book. A biographer's take on the story of the American West, it posits that the turns of history are based on people-major 'figures' who shape their time and place. In her sequence of biographical essays, Eliza...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Stevenson, Elizabeth, 1919-1999 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 The Soliloquies of Meriwether Lewis
  • chapter 2 Fur Trapper
  • chapter 3 Naturalist
  • chapter 4 Trader and Priest
  • chapter 5 Settlers
  • chapter 6 Editor and Outlaw
  • chapter 7 Soldiers
  • chapter 8 Survivors
  • chapter 9 Coppertown People
  • chapter 10 Mr. Gibson and the Cowboy
  • chapter 11 Who Was Calamity Jane? A Speculation
  • chapter 12 Recollection and Renewal.