'Biography and criticism of fiction writer James Stevens (1892-1971), with detailed summaries of his Paul Bunyan stories and of novels Brawnyman, Mattock, and Big Jim Turner'--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: The early American West has been depicted in art as a land of harsh struggles, a place of heavenly miracles, and everything in between. Different Travellers, Different Eyes records impressions of life on the nineteenth-and early twentieth-century American frontier by twenty-one artists better known for their paintings, sculptures, and photographs...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Describing the adventures of trappers, European nobles, missionaries, and others who furthered westward expansion, 151 selections from a variety of sources journals, correspondence, books, magazines, etc. are presented with brief introductions by the editors...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Not just an exploration of our early Western European roots, these rich chronicles read as literature, first-person narratives of the greatest exploration adventures in historic times.From the Platonic vision of Atlantis to Arthur’s Avalon, pre-Columbus Europeans imagined fabulous lands to the west—and after 1492, initial reports of a new world filled with golden El Dorados, warrior queens, and Fountains of Youth merely provided confirmation...read more

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