The Resource Three western narratives, Washington Irving
Three western narratives, Washington Irving
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- Summary
- From the Publisher: America's first internationally acclaimed author, Washington Irving, was also one of the first to write about its then far-western frontier. After seventeen years in Europe, the famous author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" returned to America and undertook an extensive three-month journey through present-day Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Describing scenery and inhabitants with an eye to romantic sublimity and celebrating the frontiersman's "secret of personal freedom," Irving published his account of that journey in 1835 as A Tour on the Prairies, an early and distinctly American depiction of the young nation's borderland and its native inhabitants. Irving followed up this eyewitness account with two works that chart the dramatic and tumultuous history of the early American fur trade, very much in the spirit of James Fenimore Cooper's Leather stocking Tales. Astoria (1836) recounts John Jacob Astor's attempt to establish a commercial empire in the Pacific Northwest. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville (1837) is a lively saga of exploration among the mountains, rivers, and deserts of the Far West. While working closely from original documents, Irving wrote also as a mythologist of the vast spaces traversed by "Sindbads of the wilderness." In these three compelling narratives he opened up a crucial region of the American literary imagination influencing such authors as Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 998 pages
- Contents
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- A tour on the prairies
- Astoria, or Anecdotes of an enterprize beyond the Rocky Mountains
- The adventures of Captain Bonneville
- Isbn
- 9781931082532
- Label
- Three western narratives
- Title
- Three western narratives
- Statement of responsibility
- Washington Irving
- Title variation
- 3 western narratives
- Subject
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- Astoria (Or.) -- History
- Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, 1796-1878
- Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
- Indians of North America -- Oklahoma -- History -- 19th century
- Oklahoma -- Description and travel
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
- West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848
- Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the Publisher: America's first internationally acclaimed author, Washington Irving, was also one of the first to write about its then far-western frontier. After seventeen years in Europe, the famous author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" returned to America and undertook an extensive three-month journey through present-day Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Describing scenery and inhabitants with an eye to romantic sublimity and celebrating the frontiersman's "secret of personal freedom," Irving published his account of that journey in 1835 as A Tour on the Prairies, an early and distinctly American depiction of the young nation's borderland and its native inhabitants. Irving followed up this eyewitness account with two works that chart the dramatic and tumultuous history of the early American fur trade, very much in the spirit of James Fenimore Cooper's Leather stocking Tales. Astoria (1836) recounts John Jacob Astor's attempt to establish a commercial empire in the Pacific Northwest. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville (1837) is a lively saga of exploration among the mountains, rivers, and deserts of the Far West. While working closely from original documents, Irving wrote also as a mythologist of the vast spaces traversed by "Sindbads of the wilderness." In these three compelling narratives he opened up a crucial region of the American literary imagination influencing such authors as Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1783-1859
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Irving, Washington
- Dewey number
- 978/.02
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- F592
- LC item number
- .I74 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
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- Library of America
- Library of America,
- Series volume
- 146
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Astor, John Jacob
- Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de
- Indians of North America
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Fur trade
- Explorers
- West (U.S.)
- West (U.S.)
- Oklahoma
- Astoria (Or.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Three western narratives, Washington Irving
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 988-998)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A tour on the prairies -- Astoria, or Anecdotes of an enterprize beyond the Rocky Mountains -- The adventures of Captain Bonneville
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 998 pages
- Isbn
- 9781931082532
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2003044202
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm52381273
- (Sirsi) o52381273
- (TMQ) o52381273
- 2592485
- Label
- Three western narratives, Washington Irving
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 988-998)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A tour on the prairies -- Astoria, or Anecdotes of an enterprize beyond the Rocky Mountains -- The adventures of Captain Bonneville
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 998 pages
- Isbn
- 9781931082532
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2003044202
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm52381273
- (Sirsi) o52381273
- (TMQ) o52381273
- 2592485
Subject
- Astoria (Or.) -- History
- Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, 1796-1878
- Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
- Indians of North America -- Oklahoma -- History -- 19th century
- Oklahoma -- Description and travel
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
- West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848
- Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848
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