Men to match my mountains : the opening of the Far West 1840-1900 /
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| Author / Creator: | Stone, Irving, 1903-1989, author. |
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1956. |
| Description: | [12], 459, [9] pages ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mainstream of America series / edited by Lewis Gannett Mainstream of America series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1965431 |
| Summary: | Acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction Irving Stone turns his magnificent talent to telling America's most colorful and exciting story--the opening of the Far West. <br> <br> Men to Match My Mountains is a true historical masterpiece, an unforgettable pageant of giants--men like John Sutter, whose dream of paradise was shattered by the California Gold Rush; Brigham Young and the Mormons, who tamed the desert with Bible texts; and the silver kings and the miners, who developed Nevada's Comstock Lode and settled the Rockies.<br> <br> America called for greatness...and got it. There is nothing in history to match the stories of these men who braved wilderness to bring new nation to the shores of the Pacific. |
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| Item Description: | Maps on lining-papers. |
| Physical Description: | [12], 459, [9] pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-450) and index. |
| ISBN: | 042510544X 9780425105443 0385046626 9780385046626 0785813470 9780785813477 |