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The Great Divide: The Rocky Mountains in the American Mind
The Great Divide The Rocky Mountains in the American Mind
Author: Gary Ferguson
A rich natural and cultural history of the Rocky Mountains and their place in the American imagination. For most of our nation's history, Americans have identified with the "purple mountain majesties" of the Rockies. Trappers and debutantes, miners and missionaries, artists and drinkers, escaped slaves, independent women abandoning hoops...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393050721
ISBN-10: 0393050726
Publication Date: 8/16/2004
Pages: 288
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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A rich natural and cultural history of the Rcky Mountains and their place in the American imagination. Gary Ferguson spins magnificent tales about the vivid characters who have peopled this majestic region, from the original Indian inhabitants and their interactions with European explorers to the delirious victims of gold-rush fever, to hippies in the sixties, to today's adventure travelers in high-tech outerwear toting satellite phones into the wild.


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