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The West: An Illustrated History
by Ward, Geoffrey C
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316922366
- ISBN 13
- 9780316922364
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Fine Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Large, beautiful hardcover book in excellent condition. Brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Beautiful photo-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Featuring over 400 illustrations, many of them never before published, in magnificent color. A companion volume to the stunning PBS television series from Stephen Ives and Ken Burns--encore to thewidely acclaimednational bestsellers "TheCivil War" and "Baseball." In a vivid narrative that beginswith thearrival of the first Europeans and ends well into the twentieth century, author Geoffrey C. Ward provides a gripping journey through the turbulent history of the region that has come to symbolize America around the world. With a Preface by Stephen Ives and Ken Burns. 446 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped (60.00 / 85.00 on front inside flap); enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A treasure trove of American History and an important reference work..
Synopsis
This vivid narrative history -- magnificently illustrated with more than 400 photographs, many of them never before published -- takes us on a gripping journey through the turbulent history of the region that has come to symbolize America around the world. Drawing on hundreds of letters, diaries, memoirs, and journals as well as the latest scholarship, The West presents a cast as rich and diverse as the western landscape itself: explorers and soldiers and Indian warriors, settlers and railroad builders and gaudy showmen. The book is filled with stories of heroism and hope, enterprise and adventure, as well as tragedy and disappointment. It explores the tensions between whites and the native peoples they sought to displace, but it also encompasses the Hispanic experience in the West. Gracefully written, handsomely designed, meticulously researched, The West is an unrivaled work of history that brilliantly captures all the drama and excitement, the sober realities and bright myths of the American West. Book jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32984
- Title
- The West: An Illustrated History
- Author
- Ward, Geoffrey C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0316922366
- ISBN 13
- 9780316922364
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- AMERICANA, AMERICAN HISTORY, GEOFFREY C. WARD, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; American History;
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