West category: 3403 books
Mr. Las Vegas Has a Bad Knee
and Other Tales of the People, Places, and Peculiarities of the Modern American Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
For more than thirty years, journalist and author Martin J. Smith has traveled the American West, chasing offbeat stories that often are bizarre, always compelling, and at times profound. His journey through that oft-idealized and misunderstood landscape has made him a witness to some of the West’s...
by Rough Guides
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
The Rough Guide to Southwest USA is the ultimate travel guide to the fabled American West. Explore ancient Native American cliff dwellings and pueblos in Canyon de Chelly and Mesa Verde, delve into the region's Hispanic past in the adobe-lined streets of Santa Fe and mission churches around Tucson,...
Moon Oregon Camping
The Complete Guide to Tent and RV Camping
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
**Moon Travel Guides: Your Adventure Starts Here
Grab your sleeping bag, pack the car, and discover the best spots to camp in the great outdoors with Moon Oregon Camping. Inside you'll find:**
A Campsite for Everyone: A variety of campgrounds and RV parks, from family-friendly car camping...
Moon Wyoming
With Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
From sweeping plains and stunning national parks to laidback ski towns and down-home dude ranches, experience the best of the west with Moon Wyoming. Inside you'll find:
Strategic, flexible itineraries for history buffs, wildlife enthusiasts, outdoor adventurers, and more, including focused coverage...
Moon Washington Camping
The Complete Guide to Tent and RV Camping
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
**Moon Travel Guides: Your Adventure Starts Here
Whether you're parking the RV or camping in secluded wilderness, explore the great outdoors of the Evergreen State with Moon Washington Camping. Inside you'll find:**
A Campsite for Everyone: A variety of campgrounds and RV parks, from family-friendly...
Fatal Revolutions
Natural History, West Indian Slavery, and the Routes of American Literature
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Drawing on letters, illustrations, engravings, and neglected manuscripts, Christopher Iannini connects two dramatic transformations in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world--the emergence and growth of the Caribbean plantation system and the rise of natural science. Iannini argues that these transformations...
Travel eGuide: Western USA 2017 edition
Discover Yellowstone and other national parks, the Far West and the Grand Canyon!
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2015
Do you want to be amazed? So... Welcome to Western USA, home of the cow-boys, nature wonders and incredible scenery!
Do you think the Far West, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone park are not for you?
Make no mistake: this is completely possible!...
by Doug Gelbert
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour from walkthetown.com is ready to explore...
by Mike White, Douglas Lorain
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015
The American West is home to some of the best backpacking trips in the world, and within California and Nevada are several outstanding destination trails. Hikers from all over the country, and around the world, travel to this area every season to undertake some of these classic trips of a lifetime...
by Ronald M. James, Susan A. James
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Founded in 1859, Virginia City quickly became world famous for its extraordinary prosperity. Over the next two decades, the mines of “the Richest City on Earth” yielded millions in gold and silver. The newly wealthy built mansions and churches, opera houses and schools, with furniture, fashions,...
by Louis Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Through Creole houses and merchant stores to sugar fields and boiling houses, Jamaica played a leading role in the formation of both the early modern Atlantic world and the British Empire. Architecture and Empire in Jamaica offers the first scholarly analysis of Jamaican architecture in the long 18th...
by Lynn Michelsohn
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2015
Billy the Kid spent part of his youth in Santa Fe in the 1870s.
~ What was New Mexico's territorial capital like in Billy's day?
~ How did Santa Fe's frontier character and its Hispanic culture shape the development of this future desperado?
~ What other residents did Billy encounter who would figure...
by Chuck McAllister
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
At the age of nineteen, biology student Chuck McAllister left behind his comfortable but uninspiring suburban life to seek adventure, clarity, and some kind of meaningful existence on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. There he met Suvali—clever, bright-eyed, and raven-haired—and his life changed...
Brother's Keeper
The United States, Race, and Empire in the British Caribbean, 1937-1962
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2008
In 1962, amidst the Cuban Revolution, Third World decolonization, and the African American freedom movement, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago became the first British West Indian colonies to gain independence. These were not only the first new nations in the western hemisphere in more than fifty years;...