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American endurance : Buffalo Bill, the Great Cowboy Race of 1893, and the vanishing Wild West / Richard A. Serrano.
Author
Serrano, Richard A.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2016]
©2016
Description
260 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
SF296.E5 S47 2016
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Subject(s)
Endurance riding (Horsemanship)
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West (U.S.)
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History
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19th century
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Horse racing
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West (U.S.)
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History
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19th century
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Cross-country (Horsemanship)
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West (U.S.)
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History
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19th century
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Cowboys
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West (U.S.)
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History
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19th century
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West (U.S.)
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History
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1890-1945
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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 Chicago, Ill.)
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Buffalo Bill 1846-1917
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History
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Summary note
"American Endurance : The Great Cowboy Race and the Vanishing Wild West depicts nine cowboys as they race thousands of miles across the American prairie to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. At the finish line was Buffalo Bill Cody, who had set up his Wild West Show next to the fair"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The West of our imagination
The harsh land
The vanishing cowboy West
Buffalo Bill goes to the fair
A cowboy race
American endurance
Race day
"The time is upon us"
So long, Nebraska
In God's country
Across the river and into Illinois
Chicago
Finish line
The agony is over.
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ISBN
9781588345752 ((hbk.))
1588345750 ((hbk.))
LCCN
2015047567
OCLC
932116085
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