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The Hour
One part celebration, one part history, two parts manifesto, Bernard DeVoto's The Hour is a comic and unequivocal treatise on how and why we drink -- properly. The Pulitzer Prize …
Journals of Lewis and Clark
In 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank -- not only on the map but in our knowledge.President …
Across The Wide Missouri
Winner of the Bancroft Prize De Voto weaves a compelling story of the Rocky mountain fur trade during the 1830s, vividly showing how this frontier enterprise shaped the American …
Mark Twain's America
DeVoto calls his work an essay in the correction of ideas. After the official biography of Mark Twain had been written by Albert Paine, DeVoto believed there was still more to be …
The Valley of the Shadows: The Coming of the Civil War in Lincoln's Midwest, a Contemporary Account
The Valley of the Shadows is a historical book written by Francis Grierson that provides a contemporary account of the coming of the Civil War in Lincoln's Midwest. The book …
DeVoto’s West
Social commentator and preeminent western historian Bernard DeVoto vigorously defended public lands in the West against commercial interests. By the time of his death in 1955, …
Year Of Decision: 1846
This book tells many fascinating stories of the U.S. explorers who began the Western march from the Mississippi to the Pacific, from Canada to the annexation of Texas, California, …
The Year of Decision 1846
"Year of Decision 1846" tells many fascinating stories of the U.S. explorers who began the western march from the Mississippi to the Pacific, from Canada to the annexation of …
The Year of Decision, 1846
Over forty years after the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark's expedition, this year marks the point at which men and women from the east began to travel westward and populate …
Mark Twain at Work
Western Paradox
This book is the fascinating record of DeVoto’s crusade to save the West from itself. . . . His arguments, insights, and passion are as relevant and urgent today as they were when …