A Stroll by My Western Bookshelves
A Selection of Books from the Collection of Gordon J. Van De Water
Nonfiction, Travel
| Author: | Gordon J. Van de Water | ISBN: | 9781462818679 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US | Publication: | April 3, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gordon J. Van de Water |
| ISBN: | 9781462818679 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US |
| Publication: | April 3, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US |
| Language: | English |
Much experience and action, much thought and reminiscence, fill the pages of this volume. Here are books about explorers, frontiersmen, mountaineers, hunters, rangers, gold-finders, cowboys, and tenderfeet; novels and narratives by pioneer women; books by friends and also fighters of Native Americans. Often generously quoted, they pulse with the life of the old West. Albert R. Vogeler, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Fullerton You have the mantle of Henry Wagner, Carl Wheat, and Francis Farquhar on your shoulders. You are to be commended for bringing to life so many of the books that are key to our heritage. Gary F. Kurutz, Curator of Special Collections, California State Library
Much experience and action, much thought and reminiscence, fill the pages of this volume. Here are books about explorers, frontiersmen, mountaineers, hunters, rangers, gold-finders, cowboys, and tenderfeet; novels and narratives by pioneer women; books by friends and also fighters of Native Americans. Often generously quoted, they pulse with the life of the old West. Albert R. Vogeler, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Fullerton You have the mantle of Henry Wagner, Carl Wheat, and Francis Farquhar on your shoulders. You are to be commended for bringing to life so many of the books that are key to our heritage. Gary F. Kurutz, Curator of Special Collections, California State Library
