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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 978 EAN: 9780316735896 ISBN: 0316735892 Label: Back Bay Books Manufacturer: Back Bay Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: October 02, 2003 Publisher: Back Bay Books Studio: Back Bay Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: The companion volume to the stunning PBS television series, and an encore the acclaimed bestsellers The Civil War and Baseball. In a vivid narrative that begins with the arrival of the first Europeans and ends well into the twentieth century, author Geoffrey C. Ward provides a gripping journey through the turbulent history of the region that has come to symbolize America around the world. Drawing upon hundreds of letters, diaries, memoirs, and journals as well as the latest scholarship, and vividly illustrated with over 400 photographs, many of them never before published, The West: An Illustrated History chronicles the arrival of wave after wave of newcomers from every direction of the compass, each of which invested the harsh but majestic western landscape with its own myths and desires and dreams. It is the central story of America, a story filled with heroism and hope, enterprise and adventure as well as tragedy and disappointment. It explores the tensions between whites and the native peoples that they sought to displace, but it also encompasses the Hispanic experience in the West, from the time of the conquistadors to the transformation of a Mexican-American village called Los Angeles into the region's major metropolis; the lives of Chinese immigrants who called the region "Gold Mountain"; and the ordeals of freed slaves from the South who sought a better life homesteading on the Great Plains. This book is as sprawling, vast, and rich as the history and land it describes. Product Description: For the first time in paperback--the magnificent, copiously illustrated companion volume to the landmark PBS television series. Featuring more than 400 illustrations, many of them never before published--and many of them reproduced here in striking full color--this vivid narrative history takes us on a gripping journey through the turbulent history of the region that has come to symbolize America around the world. Drawing on hundreds of letters, diaries, memoirs, and journals as well as the latest scholarship, the book--like the television series--presents a cast as rich and diverse as the western landscape itself: explorers and soldiers and Indian warriors, settlers and railroad builders and gaudy showmen. THE WEST is an unrivaled work of history that brilliantly captures all the drama and excitement, the sober realities and bright myths, of the American West. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Fascinating illustrated individual stories in the American west since the 17th centuryAs a book based on a PBS documentary, it's a big coffee table affair with plenty of photos (I had the hardcover version). And there are some extraordinary pictures in there - while much of the period of history they're looking at (from November 1528 with a some shipwrecked Spaniards washing ashore on Galveston Island to the early 1900s) was pre-camera, much of it was post. Moreover there are maps, paintings and photos of relatively untouched landscape to illustrate earlier times. That ... Read More Rating: - Where The Buffalo Roamed and the Cowboys and Indians RodeThe promos for "The West" series on PBS seemed to imply that Ken Burn's following up to his incredible "Civil War" epic would be as good as the Civil War was. And it was. Burns was able to capture the whole panorama of the history of the West, and left no stone unturned. Here was the saga of the pioneers, the cruelty of the buffalo hunters, the tragedy of the Native Americans, the bravery of Custer - and of Crazy Horse and Chief Joseph, the terrible "die up" where thousands of poor cattle ... Read More Rating: - The West by Geofrey WardThis book is well organized and written. It would make a perfect reference for a class project. There are vivid scenes from the American West; such as, a majestic portrait of the legendary Davey Crockett. The Devil's Tower is depicted in a picturesque Wyoming scene. There are beautiful still photos of a Snake Priest and Hopi dancer. The author researched this work thoroughly. It is representative of the early West. The purchase is recommended as a top rated historical Read More Rating: - Booksbycee Book Review for The West : An Illustrated HistoryThe West : An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan has got to be one of the most "Can't put down" type of books I've had the wonderful pleasure of owning, ever! The illustrations, to many to count are of the finest quality I've ever seen in a book not to mention that the editorial choices were perfect. The photos depict the exact expressions that capture those lost moments in time... If you can get this book - buy it! It is for all ages and you could never grow tired reading it, as well. A ... Read More Rating: - The West's Story is An American StoryThe world has known the American West as the wild and untamed land of cowboys and Indians that Hollywood brought along with it's movies. The real story of the West is much more amazing than at first sight. Ward's story is beautifully illustrated with magnificent text that makes it a worthy successor to the movie series. He tells the story through the eyes of those who lived it and that is something very important in the history of the west. Without first hand accounts our knowledge would be vague, but this ... Read More 
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