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22 produkter
Colorado History, 10th Edition
Av Maxine Benson, Duane A. Smith m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
362 kr
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Experience Colorado with this new, enlarged edition of A COLORADO HISTORY. For fifty years, the authors of this preeminent resource have led readers on an extraordinary exploration of how the state has changed—and how it has stayed the same.From the arrival of Paleo-Indians in the Mesa Verde region …
Colorado History, 10th Edition
Av Maxine Benson, Duane A. Smith m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
278 kr
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Experience Colorado with this new, expanded edition of A Colorado History. For fifty years, the authors of this preeminent resource haveled readers on an extraordinary exploration of how the state has changed—and how it has stayed the same.An engaging narrative, A Colorado History begins with the …
Rocky Mountain Mining Camps
The Urban Frontier
Häftad, 2017
225 kr
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Traditionally the American frontier was the home of the self-sufficient individualist, a rural environment where settlers lived without the comforts of society. But from the first gold rush into the Rockies in 1859 until the 1890s, when most gold fields had been played out, the unsettled wilderness …
San Juan Legacy
Life in the Mining Camps
Häftad, 2009
354 kr
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As early as the eighteenth century, Spanish explorers left place-names, lost mines, and legends scattered throughout Colorado's San Juan Mountains. In 1869 and the early 1870s the legends lured hopeful prospectors to the area, ushering in its greatest mining era and transforming it into one of the …
Horace Tabor
His Life and the Legend
Häftad, 1994
413 kr
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Horace Tabor: His Life and the Legend is the first biography to give full attention to Tabor's mining, business, and political activities as well as to his matrimonial escapades. It is a careful and detailed portrait of a man so extraordinary that even in his own lifetime the facts were largely …
Mining America
The Industry and the Environment, 1800-1980
Häftad, 1994
350 kr
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Mining America is a vivid account of the damage wrought by almost two centuries of mining, but its main focus is on the conflicting attitudes behind the destruction and on society's responses. Veteran author and historian Duane Smith asserts that the marriage of mining and environmental issues was …
They Came to Play
A Photographic History of Colorado Baseball
Av Duane A. Smith, Mark S. Foster
Häftad, 1997
275 kr
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Over one hundred and thirty years ago, pioneers arriving in Colorado during the Civil War era brought the game of baseball to the high and dry Rocky Mountains frontier. From the days of games in pastures with no gloves to the high drama of Coors Field and the Colorado Rockies, baseball and …
Song of the Hammer and Drill
The Colorado San Juans, 1860-1914
Häftad, 2000
425 kr
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As one of the great mining regions of Colorado and the United States, the San Juan Mountains provide insight into the development of both the industry and the state. First published in 1982, Song of the Hammer and Drill, with the help of more than 100 historical photographs, traces the mining and …
Mesa Verde National Park
Shadows of the Centuries
Häftad, 2002
291 kr
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Originally published in 1988, Mesa Verde National Park: Shadows of the Centuries is an engaging and artfully illustrated history of an enigmatic assemblage of canyons and mesas tucked into the southwestern corner of Colorado. Duane A. Smith recounts the dramatic 1888 "discovery" of the cliff …
Silver Saga
The Story of Caribou, Colorado
Häftad, 2003
384 kr
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Revised and updated, Duane A. Smith's classic study of this important silver mining town is back in print.
Colorado History, 10th Edition
Av Carl Ubbelohde, Duane A. Smith m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
379 kr
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For fifty years, A Colorado History has provided a comprehensive and accessible panoramic history of the Centennial State. From the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to contemporary times, this enlarged edition leads readers on an extraordinary exploration of a remarkable place. " A Colorado History has …
No One Ailing Except a Physician
Medicine in the Mining West, 1848-1919
Av Duane A. Smith, Ronald C. Brown
Häftad, 2014
310 kr
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Co-Winner of the 2004 Colorado Endowment for the Humanities Publication PrizeFrom burying scurvy victims up to their necks in the earth to drinking kerosene mixed with sugar to treat influenza, mid-nineteenth century medicine in the mining communities of the West usually consisted of home remedies …
Ballad of Baby Doe
"I Shall Walk Beside My Love"
Av Duane A. Smith, John Moriarty
Inbunden, 2002
635 kr
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First produced at the Central City Opera House in 1956, "The Ballad of Baby Doe" is now widely considered a classic and is the second most produced American opera. In "The Ballad of Baby Doe", Smith tells the tale of the complicated birth of this most American of operas. Inspired in 1953 by …
Ballad of Baby Doe
"I Shall Walk Beside My Love"
Av Duane A. Smith, John Moriarty
Häftad, 2002
203 kr
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First produced at the Central City Opera House in 1956, "The Ballad of Baby Doe" is now widely considered a classic and is the second most produced American opera. In The Ballad of Baby Doe, Duane A. Smith tells the tale of the complicated birth of this most American of operas. Inspired in 1953 by …
Henry M. Teller
Colorado's Grand Old Man
Inbunden, 2002
381 kr
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Serving longer in the US Senate than any other Coloradan, Henry M Teller was one of the Centennial State's greatest statesmen and political leaders. Teller was a prime example of what a politician should be in an era when elected officials left a great deal to be desired. As Colorado's …
Time for Peace
Fort Lewis, Colorado, 1878-1891
Inbunden, 2006
440 kr
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TIME FOR PEACE, historian Duane Smiths chronicle of southwest Colorados Fort Lewis, belies the Western myth of soldiers riding out from isolated posts to rescue wagon trains and protect pioneer towns. Long on daily routine and blissfully short on action, Fort Lewis lost nary a soldier in battle. …
Colorado
The Highest State, Second Edition
Av Thomas J. Noel, Duane A. Smith
Inbunden, 2011
490 kr
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Chronicling the people, places, and events of the state's colorful history, Colorado: The Highest State is the story of how Colorado grew up. Through booms and busts in farming and ranching, mining and railroading, and water and oil, Colorado's past is a cycle of ups and downs as high as the …
