"A splendid piece of Americana, for Perlot was a witty, gingery, intelligent man with a sharp eye for significant detail. . . . His book . . . has been translated and thoroughly annotated by the late Helen Harding Bretnor, who deserves the gratitude of all readers with a taste for the history of the Old West."-Atlantic Monthly "A lively memoir."-Evan S. Connell, New York Times Book Review "Provides a narrative as amusing as it is informative. Perlot is real gold, dug belatedly from the California mines."-Gerald Weales, Smithsonian "A marvelous book. . . . Perlot's observations, both as a...
"A splendid piece of Americana, for Perlot was a witty, gingery, intelligent man with a sharp eye for significant detail. . . . His book . . . has bee...
When "The World Rushed In" was first published in 1981, the "Washington Post" predicted, It seems unlikely that anyone will write a more comprehensive book about the Gold Rush. Twenty years later, no one has emerged to contradict that judgment, and the book has gained recognition as a classic. As the "San Francisco Examiner" noted, It is not often that a work of history can be said to supplant every book on the same subject that has gone before it.
Through the diary and letters of William Swain--augmented by interpolations from more than five hundred other gold seekers and by letters...
When "The World Rushed In" was first published in 1981, the "Washington Post" predicted, It seems unlikely that anyone will write a more comprehens...
This revision of a classic study long recognized as the most insightful and original account of the territorial period in the American Southwest will be welcomed by all readers of western history. The Far Southwest traces the history of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona from 1846 to 1912. Lamar analyzes the evolution of American political and economic systems to show, in particular, their impact on the racial and ethnic groups already present in the Southwest in 1846. In describing how American government and institutions such as the two-party system, trial by jury, and free schools...
This revision of a classic study long recognized as the most insightful and original account of the territorial period in the American Southwest will ...
Charlie Siringo (1855-1928) lived the quintessential life of adventure on the American frontier as a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, writer, and later as a consultant for early western films. Howard Lamar's biography deftly shares Siringo's story within seventy-five pivotal years of western history.
Charlie Siringo (1855-1928) lived the quintessential life of adventure on the American frontier as a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, writer, and later as...
