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ere is a myth-shattering look at the women who helped to settle the West, told through their own words and illustrated with 150 period photographs. Through diaries, memoirs, letters, and journals, "Women of the West" introduces 11 real frontier women whose words combine to recreate a place and time when resourcefulness and courage were demanded of everyone. 146 photos.
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Greetings from Fairbanks! This is the last you shall hear from me, Wayne. Arrived here 2 days ago. It was very difficult to catch rides in the Yukon Territory. But I finally got here. Please return all mail I receive to the sender. It might be a very long time before I return South. If this adventure proves fatal and you don't ever hear from me again I want you to know you're a great man. I now walk into the wild. --Alex. (Postcard received by Wayne...
3) The meadow
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In a blending of fiction and fact, the author presents the hundred-year history of a meadow in the arid mountains of the Colorado/Wyoming border area. He describes the seasons, the weather, the wildlife, and the few people who struggle to survive on the family ranch that encompasses the meadow.
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Peterson field guide volume 2
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1961.
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On title page : Field marks of all species found in North America west of the 100th meridian, with a section on the birds of the Hawaiian Islands.
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Report from the Center volume 5
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Center of the American West, University of Colorado at Boulder
Pub. Date
[2003]
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Island Press
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Like no other region of the United States, the West is dominated by its landscape. The natural setting is close to the hearts of the people, and natural resources drive society intellectually and emotionally as well as economically. It is a place ripe for conflict between those who wish to reap the natural wealth of the land and those who wish to preserve the region in a pure and untrammeled state. Governing this volatile situation are what Charles...
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Publication volume no. 00-26
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Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Pub. Date
[2000]
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Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with the Western United States Land Grant Universities Cooperative Extension Services
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[1991]
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Learning to identify unwanted plants around the home, farm or ranch will be much easier with this book published by the Western Society of Weed Science and co-sponsored by the Cooperative Extension of the United States. Weeds of the West will help you identify weeds that compete with native plants, horticultural and agricultural crops, as well as those that can poison livestock and people.
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