The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore

Dary, David

ISBN 10: 0700618708 / ISBN 13: 9780700618705

Editore: University Press of Kansas (edition Reprint), 2012

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A prize-winning historian of the Old West brings to life the people who laid down the Santa Fe Trail and opened commerce with Spanish America. He uses first-hand accounts and contemporary records to give us a vivid recreation of a time and place crucial to America's westward expansion.

Product Description: The full story of the Santa Fe Trail, from the arrival of the Spanish, the founding of Santa Fe in 1610 and the arrival of the first French and American traders, the establishment of the trail, and what happened after its glory days ended.Here are the men who pioneered trade between Saint Louis and Santa Fe, the hardships they endured, the wonderful scenery they travelled through and wrote about, the huge amount of goods they moved, and the fun they had in Santa Fe and along the trail. Drawing from letters, diaries, reports, and first-hand reminiscences, Dary fleshes out the story of the men who opened commerce with Spanish America. There are Indians and mountain men, traders and trappers, merchants, surveyors, government commissioners, Spanish people, Americans, Frenchmen, and people of almost every other nationality.A splendid recreation of an important part of American history, fully illustrated with photographs and woodcuts of the period.

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Titolo: The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, ...
Casa editrice: University Press of Kansas (edition Reprint)
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Edizione: Reprint.