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F594 .C945 2008eb
F594
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C945
2008eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0870819852
(Number (ISBN
9780870819858
Erroneous ISBN
0870819267
Erroneous ISBN
9780870819261
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b715714
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
A remarkable curiosity :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
dispatches from a New York City journalist's 1873 railroad trip across the American West /
First Statement of Responsibility
Amos Jay Cummings ; edited and compiled by Jerald T. Milanich.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boulder, Colo. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University Press of Colorado,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 371 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-353) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Over the Kansas plains -- The earthly paradise -- A Canadian in Colorado -- The Petrified stumps -- The town in the desert -- The fate of a gold seeker -- In the golden gulches -- The story of little Emma -- The seventeenth wife -- The great Utah divorce -- An interesting conversation with Ann Eliza Young -- The prophet's divorce -- The Arizona expedition -- The Mormon pioneers -- The American Dead Sea -- Mutton chops by the million -- The king of the jack rabbits -- The funeral postponed -- Duel with six-shooters.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Collected in this volume for the first time are Cummings's portraits of a land and its assortment of characters unlike anything back East. Characters like Pedro Armijo, the New Mexican sheep tycoon who took Denver by storm, and more prominently the Mormon prophet Brigham Young and one of his wives, Ann Eliza Young, who was filing for divorce at the time of Cummings's arrival.
Although today he is virtually unknown, during his lifetime Cummings was one of the most famous newspapermen in the United States, in part because of stories like these. Complete with a biographical sketch and historical introduction, A Remarkable Curiosity is an enjoyable read for anybody interested in the American West in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Although today he is virtually unknown, during his lifetime Cummings was one of the most famous newspapermen in the United States, in part because of stories like these. Complete with a biographical sketch and historical introduction, A Remarkable Curiosity is an enjoyable read for anybody interested in the American West in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/ctt1d8hqzg
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Remarkable curiosity.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cummings, Amos J., (Amos Jay),1841-1902
Cummings, Amos J., (Amos Jay),1841-1902-- Travel-- West (U. S.)
Cummings, Amos J., (Amos Jay),1841-1902.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Frontier and pioneer life-- West (U.S.)
Journalists-- New York (State)-- New York, Biography.
Natural history-- West (U.S.)
Railroad travel-- West (U.S.)-- History-- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life.
HISTORY-- United States-- 19th Century.
Journalists.
Manners and customs.
Natural history.
Railroad travel.
TRAVEL-- General.
Travel.
TRAVEL.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
West (U.S.), Biography.
West (U.S.), Description and travel.
West (U.S.), History, 1860-1890.
West (U.S.), Social life and customs, 19th century.
New York (State), New York.
West United States.
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
917
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804/2
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
F594
Book number
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C945
2008eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Cummings, Amos J., (Amos Jay),1841-1902.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Milanich, Jerald T.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201208055717.0
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