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Description:The adventures of Granville Stuart (1834-1918) rival those of Wyatt Earp, Buffalo Bill, or Sitting Bull. Stuart embodied the paradoxes of the American West. He collected guns, herded cattle, mined for gold, and led a band of vigilantes. But he also taught himself French and Spanish, denounced formal religion, married a Shoshone woman, and eventually became a United States diplomat. In this rich and absorbing biography. Clyde A. Milner II and Carol A. O'Connor trace the full trajectory of Stuart's life, from his youth in an Iowa agricultural settlement to a mining camp in Gold Rush California, to his hardscrabble existence in Montana and his rise to prominence as a public figure. Granville and his brother James battled bandits and hanged horse thieves and became leaders of the new Montana territory: The authors explore Granville's life as a cattleman, his abandonment of his Shoshone children after his second marriage, his government service in offices ranging from head of the Butte Public library to U.S. Minister to Paraguay and Uruguay and his final years, during which he composed a memoir, Forty Years on the Frontier, still widely read for its dramatic account of the era. As Big as the West fully illuminates the conflicting realities of the frontier, where a man could speak of wiping out "half-breeds" while fathering eleven mixed-race children, and go from self-appointed lawman to diplomat in the space of a few years. Here is a biography that offers the full measure of its unforgettable subject.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart. To get started finding As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 430

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Release: 2009

ISBN: 0195127099

Description: The adventures of Granville Stuart (1834-1918) rival those of Wyatt Earp, Buffalo Bill, or Sitting Bull. Stuart embodied the paradoxes of the American West. He collected guns, herded cattle, mined for gold, and led a band of vigilantes. But he also taught himself French and Spanish, denounced formal religion, married a Shoshone woman, and eventually became a United States diplomat. In this rich and absorbing biography. Clyde A. Milner II and Carol A. O'Connor trace the full trajectory of Stuart's life, from his youth in an Iowa agricultural settlement to a mining camp in Gold Rush California, to his hardscrabble existence in Montana and his rise to prominence as a public figure. Granville and his brother James battled bandits and hanged horse thieves and became leaders of the new Montana territory: The authors explore Granville's life as a cattleman, his abandonment of his Shoshone children after his second marriage, his government service in offices ranging from head of the Butte Public library to U.S. Minister to Paraguay and Uruguay and his final years, during which he composed a memoir, Forty Years on the Frontier, still widely read for its dramatic account of the era. As Big as the West fully illuminates the conflicting realities of the frontier, where a man could speak of wiping out "half-breeds" while fathering eleven mixed-race children, and go from self-appointed lawman to diplomat in the space of a few years. Here is a biography that offers the full measure of its unforgettable subject.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart. To get started finding As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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