As Far as the Eye Could Reach: Accounts of Animals along the Santa Fe Trail, 1821–1880

Author:   Phyllis S. Morgan ,  Marc Simmons ,  Ronald Kil ,  Marc Simmons
Publisher:   University of Oklahoma Press
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9780806148540


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 August 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Phyllis S. Morgan ,  Marc Simmons ,  Ronald Kil ,  Marc Simmons
Publisher:   University of Oklahoma Press
Imprint:   University of Oklahoma Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780806148540


ISBN 10:   0806148543
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 August 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Morgan s choice of primary sources diaries, journals, letters, memoirs, and official reports provides eyewitness accounts rich in colorful detail and fascinating anecdotes. As Far as the Eye Could Reach is a welcome addition to the literature on the historic trails of the Old West. Deborah Lawrence, coauthor of Writing the Trails: Five Women s Frontier Narratives


"This significant and finely crafted study of the animals and human-animal relationships on the historic Road to Santa Fe explains the importance of the animals to travelers and is presented with respect and admiration for those animals. It deserves a wide audience."""" - Leo E. Oliva, author of Soldiers on the Santa Fe Trail """"Morgan's choice of primary sources - diaries, journals, letters, memoirs, and official reports - provides eyewitness accounts rich in colorful detail and fascinating anecdotes. As Far as the Eye Could Reach is a welcome addition to the literature on the historic trails of the Old West."""" - Deborah Lawrence, coauthor of Writing the Trails: Five Women's Frontier Narratives"


Morgan's choice of primary sources--diaries, journals, letters, memoirs, and official reports--provides eyewitness accounts rich in colorful detail and fascinating anecdotes. As Far as the Eye Could Reach is a welcome addition to the literature on the historic trails of the Old West. --Deborah Lawrence, coauthor of Writing the Trails: Five Women's Frontier Narratives This significant and finely crafted study of the animals and human-animal relationships on the historic Road to Santa Fe explains the importance of the animals to travelers and is presented with respect and admiration for those animals. It deserves a wide audience. --Leo E. Oliva, author of Soldiers on the Santa Fe Trail


This significant and finely crafted study of the animals and human-animal relationships on the historic Road to Santa Fe explains the importance of the animals to travelers and is presented with respect and admiration for those animals. It deserves a wide audience. Leo E. Oliva, author of Soldiers on the Santa Fe Trail Morgan s choice of primary sources diaries, journals, letters, memoirs, and official reports provides eyewitness accounts rich in colorful detail and fascinating anecdotes. As Far as the Eye Could Reach is a welcome addition to the literature on the historic trails of the Old West. Deborah Lawrence, coauthor of Writing the Trails: Five Women s Frontier Narratives -Morgan's choice of primary sources--diaries, journals, letters, memoirs, and official reports--provides eyewitness accounts rich in colorful detail and fascinating anecdotes. As Far as the Eye Could Reach is a welcome addition to the literature on the historic trails of the Old West.---Deborah Lawrence, coauthor of Writing the Trails: Five Women's Frontier Narratives -This significant and finely crafted study of the animals and human-animal relationships on the historic Road to Santa Fe explains the importance of the animals to travelers and is presented with respect and admiration for those animals. It deserves a wide audience.---Leo E. Oliva, author of Soldiers on the Santa Fe Trail


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Following a professional career in education, information resources, and research, Phyllis S. Morgan has focused on writing nonfiction works about the Santa Fe Trail and the Southwest. Her award-winning bio-bibliographies on acclaimed New Mexican writers include Marc Simmons of New Mexico: Maverick Historian; A Sense of Place: Rudolfo A. Anaya (coauthored with Cesar A. González-T.); and N. Scott Momaday: Remembering Ancestors, Earth, and Traditions. She has served as the New Mexico Director on the board of the Santa Fe Trail Association. |Historian Marc Simmons is a founder and the first president of the Santa Fe Trail Association. His forty-nine books include six about the Trail and The Last Conquistador: Juan de Oñate and the Settling of the Far Southwest. Ron Kil is an artist of the historical West who lives in Santa Fe.

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