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20 West : the great road across America
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- Creator
- Mac Nelson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xxxiv, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0791474690, 9780791478257, 9781435658851, 9780791474693, 143565885X, 0791478254
- OCLC
- ocn172521642, ocn923405377, ocn237799049
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index.
- Introduction: The road and us -- The power of the word along the great road -- The great road to justice and freedom : God, man, and woman -- Power and empire on the great road : six presidents and a plutocrat -- Westering : prairies and plains, the big empty and the Sandhills -- Soldiers and Indians : the struggle for a continent -- The best idea : Yellowstone, the peaceable kingdom -- The great road to wilderness -- "Ocian in view! O! the joy!"
Subjects
- Nelson, Malcolm A. (Malcolm Antony) -- Travel -- United States.
- United States -- Description and travel.
- United States Highway 20 -- Description and travel.
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
- United States -- History -- Anecdotes.
- United States Highway 20 -- History -- Anecdotes.
- West (U.S.) -- History -- Anecdotes.
- United States -- History, Local.
- United States -- Biography.