Bøger af Stanley Vestal

""Wagons Southwest: Story Of The Old Trail To Santa Fe"" is a historical account of the famous trail that connected Missouri to Santa Fe in the mid-1800s. Written by Stanley Vestal, this book delves into the history of the trail and the people who traveled it. The book covers the early explorers who discovered the trail, the traders who used it to transport goods, and the Native Americans who inhabited the area. The author also describes the challenges faced by the travelers, including harsh weather conditions, disease, and attacks by bandits and hostile tribes. The book also explores the cultural and economic impact of the trail, as well as its role in shaping the American West. With vivid descriptions and detailed research, ""Wagons Southwest"" offers a fascinating look at an important chapter in American history.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

A wine tasting party turns deadly, as shady business at a vineyard brings together wine connoisseurs and unsavory characters. George Congreve has invited his friend Merton to the Château Roet in France, but plans for a wine feast are soon spoiled when another guest is found murdered. Trepidation towards the French principle, "guilty until proven innocent," leads to Congreve taking on the role of detective in an effort to find the guilty party before calling in the gendarmes. Congreve believes that the right wine stimulates the right frame of mind, and uses his extensive knowledge to pair wine and witness moving forward in the case. This is a well-written mystery that will interest enthusiasts of Golden-Age Detective fiction, with plenty of clues scattered among the empty wine bottles.Additional mysteries available from CoachwhipBooks.com.

The Missouri was the river of Lewis and Clark, of Manuel Lisa, General Ashley, and other organizers of the fur trade; of such noted travelers as George Catlin, Henry R. Schoolcraft, and Prince Maximilian; of a host of adventurous steamboat captains; of explorers like Jedediah Smith, Kit Carson, and Frémont; of doughty hunters and trappers like Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger, and John Colter. Stanley Vestal's rollicking story of one of America's most fabled waterways presents western history on a grand scale, one that. according to the New York Times, "anyone remotely interested in the American West will read." "Vestal takes the Big Muddy as the central character in an intriguing story. . . . It is always readable, always informative."¿Los Angeles Times

More than a century has passed since that winter morning in 1890 when the Indian police killed Sitting Bull and destroyed the power of his great Sioux Nation. Yet only recently were the facts about Sitting Bull and the Sioux being sifted from the fables that have grown up in the interim.

An account of the life and accomplishments of Sitting Bull, American Indian warrior and chief of the Dakota Sioux. A leader in the Sioux War of 1876-1877, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn against General Custer, he was killed during the "Ghost Dance" uprising in 1890 by police.

Born in Virginia, Joe Meek became a trapper, Indian fighter, pioneer, peace officer, frontier politician, and lover of practical jokes and Jacksonian democracy. He was a boon companion to two other larger-than-life mountain men, Kit Carson and Jim Bridger, and just as important in frontier history.

Nephew to Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux, Pte San Hunka (White Bull) was a famous warrior in his own right. He had been on the warpath against whites and other Indians for more than a decade when he fought the greatest battle of his life. This book is a biography of White Bull.

Jim Bridger was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. At eighteen, he had braved the fury of the Missouri, ascending it in a keelboat flotilla commanded by that stalwart Mike Fink. By 1824, when he was only twenty, he had discovered the Great Salt Lake. This biography provides a portrait of Bridger.