In 1832, Washington Irving, recently returned from seventeen years’ residence abroad and eager to explore his own country, embarked on an expedition to the country west of Arkansas set aside for the Indians. A Tour on the Prairies is his absorbing account of that journey, which extended from Fort Gibson to the Cross Timbers in what is now Oklahoma. First published in 1835, it has remained a perennial favorite, retaining its original freshness, vigor, and vividness to this day.
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A Dano-Norwegian writer and playwright, Holberg is considered the founder of Norwegian literature. He contributed to the development of science in the early days of the Age of Enlightenment.
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This short travelogue is amazing -- not just for what was seen and written down, but because this is one of the early American publications that fashioned our ideas about the American West. The writing is easy to read and doesn't use too many archaic words. Read it, revisit the source for early West experiences, and see how its ideas have continued to influence literature, Hollywood, and our own deeply embedded understanding.
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IN THE OFTEN vaunted regions of the Far West, several hundred miles beyond the Mississippi, extends a vast tract of uninhabited country, where there is neither to be seen the log house of the white man, nor the wigwam of the Indian. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hunting frock, cross timber, young rangers, two rangers, camp equipage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fort Gibson, Red Fork, Red River, Far West, Creek Indians, Osage Agency, Rocky Mountains, Captain Bean, Little River, New York, Pierre Beatte, Anticipations Disappointed, Colonel Chouteau, Comrade Lost, Fording of the North Fork, Lost Comrade, Secret Expedition, The Rambler, Union Mission, University of Oklahoma Press, Verdigris River New!
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IN THE OFTEN vaunted regions of the Far West, several hundred miles beyond the Mississippi, extends a vast tract of uninhabited country, where there is neither to be seen the log house of the white man, nor the wigwam of the Indian. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hunting frock, cross timber, young rangers, two rangers, camp equipage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fort Gibson, Red Fork, Red River, Far West, Creek Indians, Osage Agency, Rocky Mountains, Captain Bean, Little River, New York, Pierre Beatte, Anticipations Disappointed, Colonel Chouteau, Comrade Lost, Fording of the North Fork, Lost Comrade, Secret Expedition, The Rambler, Union Mission, University of Oklahoma Press, Verdigris River New!
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- Life of Washington Part Four (pt.4) by Washington Irving in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Rambler in North America by Charles J. Latrobe on page 13
- The Life of Washington Irving. by Stanley Thomas Williams in Front Matter
- Rip Van Winkle by Washngton Irving in Front Matter
- Rip Van Winkle by Irving in Front Matter
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- Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation by Tammy Horn on 5 pages
- The Life and Letters of Washington Irving: By His Nephew. Volume 3 by Pierre Munroe Irving on 4 pages
- The life and letters of Washington Irving. By his nephew, Pierre M. Irving. by Michigan Historical Reprint Series on 4 pages
- The Land Before Her: Fantasy and Experience of the American Frontiers, 1630-1860 by Annette Kolodny on 4 pages
- The Road to Disappearance: A History of the Creek Indians (Civilization of the American Indian Series) by Angie Debo on 4 pages
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