| Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail: Volume 29 Contributor(s): Field, Matthew C. (Author), Porter, Clyde (Author), Porter, Mae Reed (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806127163 ISBN-13: 9780806127163 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1995 Annotation: In 1839 a journalist for the New Orleans Picayune, Matthew C. Field, joined a company of merchants and tourists headed west on the Santa Fe Trail. Leaving Independence, Missouri, early in July "with a few wagons and a carefree spirit", Field recorded his vivid impressions of travel westward on the Santa Fe Trail and, on the return trip, eastward along the Cimarron Route. Written in verse in his journal and in eighty-five articles later published in the Picayune, Field's observations offer the modern reader a unique glimpse of life in the settlements of Mexico and on the Santa Fe Trail. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 978 |
| LCCN: 94038313 |
| Series: American Exploration and Travel |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.06" W x 9.02" (1.21 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1839 a journalist for the New Orleans Picayune, Matthew C. Field, joined a company of merchants and tourists headed west on the Santa Fe Trail. Leaving Independence, Missouri, early in July with a few wagons and a carefree spirit, Field recorded his vivid impressions of travel westward on the Santa Fe Trail and, on the return trip, eastward along the Cimarron Route. Written in verse in his journal and in eighty-five articles later published in the Picayune, Field's observations offer the modern reader a unique glimpse of life in the settlements of Mexico and on the Santa Fe Trail. |
Contributor Bio(s): Porter, Clyde: - Clyde Porter, noted student of Western Americana, assembled the material for Ruxton of the Rockies.Porter, Mae Reed: - Mae Reed Porter, noted student of Western Americana, assembled the material for Ruxton of the Rockies.Gardner, Mark L.: - Mark L. Gardner is the coeditor if The Mexican War Correspondence of Richard Smith Elliott (University of Oklahoma Press). A consultant to the National Park Service, he has written interpretive booklets for both Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site. |