books by Bernard Augustine De Voto

books by Bernard Augustine De Voto

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Bernard Augustine ...

Bernard Augustine De Voto

Ams Pr Inc, 1947

Wagh!
Across the Wide Missouri Mr. DeVoto has a passion for this subject and a passion for the characters that live in it. Here are some excerpts from the book: "There were few delicate feeders in the mountains...The river tribes liked the green, putrid flesh of ...

Letters from the Earth

Mark Twain

Perennial, 1991

STILL HAVE IT!
I have a had an old paperback copy of this for 20 years now, so this copy is just a "newer version". I fell in love with MT as a result of this work that I originally read in 1984, and have not taken religion, or anything about it seriously since! It doesn't get any ...

The course of empire;

Bernard Augustine De Voto

Houghton Mifflin, 1960

Quite Excellent.
This is a book about the exploration, not the settlement, of North America. As such, it traces the 278 year history of European and American efforts to penetrate and understand the North American continent. The Course of Empire then is a compendium of various and ...

Year of Decision: 1846

Bernard Augustine De Voto

Houghton Mifflin (T), 1950

An Integrated History of the American West
DeVoto is often entertaining, frequently insulting, but always informative as he takes the reader through one of the most transformational moments in US history. From President Polk to Pathfinder Fremont to Colonizer Young, DeVoto delights in describing the ...

Mark Twain's America:

Bernard Augustine De Voto

Greenwood Press Reprint, 1978

devoto
Haven't read de voto for many years and had to pick up the style again, and finally, what a pleasure. The times come alive.

The Easy Chair (Essay index reprint series)

Bernard Augustine De Voto

Books for Libraries, 1971

De Voto at Harper's Magazine
Beginning in 1935, Bernard De Voto became the monthly author of The Easy Chair department at Harper's Magazine. Every month he wrote an article on something that interested him. This book collects about 30 of those articles and includes such subjects as smokejumpers ...