| A Tenderfoot in Colorado Contributor(s): Townshend, Richard Baxter (Author), Noel, Thomas J. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0870819380 ISBN-13: 9780870819384 Publisher: University Press of Colorado OUR PRICE: $26.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: Now back in print, "A Tenderfoot in Colorado" is R. B. Townshendas classic account of his time in the wild frontier territory known as Colorado. Townshend arrived in the Rockies in 1869, fresh from Cambridge, England, with $300 in his pockets. He found friends among some of Coloradoas more colorful characters, people who taught him much about life on the frontier. Jake Chisolm taught him how to shoot after rescuing him from two men preparing to skin him at poker. Wild Bill of Colorado taught him the meaning of "the drop" and warned him against wearing a gun in town unless he wanted trouble. Capturing the Western vernacular more accurately than any other writer, Townshend includes vivid details of life in the West, where he killed a buffalo, prospected for gold, and was present for the official government conference with the Ute Indians after gold was discovered on their lands. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008038596 |
| Series: Timberline |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.75 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Colorado - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 19th Century |