“Win Blevins has long since won his place among the West’s very best.” – Tony Hillerman
Highly informative and endlessly entertaining, accompanied by black-and-white illustrations, The Dictionary of the American West explains more than 5,000 terms and expressions, often of those people the first myths of the west left behind.
Told with wit, the Dictionary of the American West includes all the voices of America’s richly woven history of the West, including women, Mormons, Hispanics, Blacks, French-Canadians, Chinook, mountain men, mixed-bloods, immigrants, cowboys, and missionaries. All show how western speech is a riotous mix of cultures and languages.
According to WorldCat, the Dictionary of the American West is held in 728 libraries. Prepare to be amazed!
In the Roadside History of Yellowstone Travel: A Historic Travel Guide To Yellowstone you’ll discover that Yellowstone National Park is an extraordinary tale of people and the earth through time, and this travel guide goes with you along the journey.
Learn about the Native Americans who lived or traveled through Yellowstone, as well as the mountain men who were the first white people to discover Yellowstone, the government explorers who mapped it and fought to make it a park, the poachers and other explorers. They were foreign and domestic, high-born and low-born. All.
You’ll be led through all the travails, thrills, dramas, and serene satisfactions of the people over the Park’s history. Easy and enjoyable to read, this travel guide allows you to begin at whichever of the five park entrances you use, and follow the park’s story as you follow the road.
