Nelson Twenty West

The Great Road Across America
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7825-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 354 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Excelsior Editions

Traces the route, history, and geography of US 20, America’s longest road.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nelson, Mac

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Road and Us1. The Power of the Word along the Great Road 2. The Great Road to Justice and Freedom: God, Man, and Woman3. Power and Empire on the Great Road: Six Presidents and a Plutocrat4. Westering: Prairies and Plains, the Big Empty and the Sandhills5. Soldiers and Indians: The Struggle for a Continent6. The Best Idea: Yellowstone, the Peaceable Kingdom7. The Great Road to Wilderness8. "Ocian in View! O! The Joy!" Notes
List of Works Cited (and Other Important Books)
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mac Nelson is Distinguished Teaching Professor of English at SUNY Fredonia and coeditor (with Elizabeth Hoffman Nelson) of Telling the Stories: Essays on American Indian Literatures and Cultures and coauthor (with Diana Hume George) of Epitaph and Icon: A Field Guide to the Old Burying Grounds of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket.