Synopsis
"Touring the Old West" is a practical guide to what is left of the western frontier and a page-turning history for those wo can't hit the trail. In this "love letter to half of America," Kent Ruth takes the reader through twenty-one states, pointing out legendary and little-known attractions on and off the main highways.Ruth directs today's explorer to famous old trails and landmarks, crumbling cemeteries, and original rail lines to Indian encampments and military forts (some of them restored and catering to history buffs). The tour is dotted with old-time fur trading posts, boom-and-bust mining camps, sleepy ghost towns, and near-ghosts with hotels still standing. Photographs and a state-by-state index identify authentic highlights for anybody's "out West" tour.
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Review
"A lot of oldtime adventure boiled down into one interesting volume."-Boston Globe Boston Globe "Touring the Old West is flavored with personal experiences, fascinating glimpses of history, and the delightful Kent Ruth humor."-Sunday Oklahoman Sunday Oklahoman "Ruth's book on the old West should whet any dude's appetite for the last frontier of the nineteenth century."-Fort Wayne News-Sentinel Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
About the Author
Kent Ruth, former travel editor of the "Daily Oklahoman," is also author of "Landmarks of the West: A Guide to Historic Sites" (UNP, 1986).
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Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Description: Dust jacket art by Robert MacLean, maps and interior drawings also by MacLean. Also includes b&w photo illustrations. Traveling in time as well as place, the reader follows the Great Trails and original rail lines to forts and Indian camps, mining and cattle towns, ghost towns and cemeteries. The author describes the old places of lodging, refreshment, and entertainment in stagecoach days. He tells where the historic routes and modern highways coincide and diverge. BINDING/CONDITION: dark blue cloth with silver spine text; a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. bibliography, indexes. Map endpapers. 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall). 218 pages. Seller Inventory # 062107
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. No Edition Or Printing Stated. Includes Bibliographical References, Index By States And General Index. Map Endpapers. Bound In Blue Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. Short Gift Inscription (In Pencil) On The Ffep. A Small Stain On The Lower Page Edges. The Unclipped Jacket ($6.95) Is Worn And Has Chips And Tears. Seller Inventory # 050974
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. Robert MacLean (illustrator). First Edition. FIRST EDITION in blue cloth, endpaper maps, maps and drawings by Robert MacLean, illustrations, maps, biblio., index by states followed by general index, 218pp. Very Good+ (owner gift reference on half-title page). Several Custer and Little Big Horn references + many others from the Old West. Seller Inventory # 7146
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Kent, Ruth. Touring the Old West. Maps and Drawings by Robert MacLean. Brattleboro, Vermont: The Stephen Green Press (1971). Probable firstedition. (No additional printings noted.) 218pp, index, illustrations and maps integral, 8vo. Map endpapers, gilt spine lettering, blue cloth.Deaccessioned, minor residue front endpapers and two tape stains on upper cover else quite good. Seller Inventory # W251