A remarkable curiosity dispatches from a New York City journalist's 1873 railroad trip across the American West

A remarkable curiosity : dispatches from a New York City journalist's 1873 railroad trip across the American West / Amos Jay Cummings ; edited and compiled by Jerald T. Milanich.

Author/creator	Cummings, Amos J. (Amos Jay), 1841-1902
Other author/creator	Milanich, Jerald T.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado,
Description	x, 371 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Cummings, Amos J. (Amos Jay), 1841-1902--Travel --West (U.S.) Cummings, Amos J. (Amos Jay), 1841-1902--Correspondence. Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.) Natural history--West (U.S.) Journalists--New York (State) --New York --Biography. Railroad travel--West (U.S.) --History --19th century. West (U.S.)--Description and travel. West (U.S.)--Social life and customs --19th century. West (U.S.)--History --1860-1890. West (U.S.)--Biography.

Contents	Over the Kansas plains -- The earthly paradise -- A Canadian in Colorado -- The Petrified stumps -- The town in the desert -- The fate of a gold seeker -- In the golden gulches -- The story of little Emma -- The seventeenth wife -- The great Utah divorce -- An interesting conversation with Ann Eliza Young -- The prophet's divorce -- The Arizona expedition -- The Mormon pioneers -- The American Dead Sea -- Mutton chops by the million -- The king of the jack rabbits -- The funeral postponed -- Duel with six-shooters.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-353) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2008025223
ISBN	9780870819261 (alk. paper)

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