Three Western Narratives [Hardcover]

Washington Irving (Author), James P Ronda (Editor)

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Hardcover: 1024 pages
Publisher: LIBRARY OF AMERICA (Jan 26 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1931082537
ISBN-13: 978-1931082532
Product Dimensions: 20.7 x 13.3 x 3.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 658 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #803,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars CB, May 1 2012

By chris barnes - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Three Western Narratives (Hardcover)

I would highly recommend this book. Like most people the only story I had read by Washington Irving is the "Headless Horseman". I had heard that he is a great American writer but I had no idea how good he really is until I read this book. It's interesting to note that The Lewis and Clarke expedition had only taken place 1804 to 1806. The area he is traveling through is far from what then is considered civilization. The narrative is very interesting; his trip takes place in 1832 in what is now Oklahoma. At this time the West is still very much an uncharted wilderness. The area is populated by warring tribes who follow the buffalo, steal horses, and kill white people and each other on a regular basis. He gives unvarnished accounts of both the Native American tribes encountered and the hunters and trappers he travels with. Unlike the miserable, sanitized, politically correct version of history we usually encounter, Washington Irving describes what day to life was like on the prairies and traveling through the wilderness. This book is definitely worth reading for anyone who is interested in what life in the west was really like before the civil war and the railroads. I have thoroughly enjoyed this book and plan to read more books by Washington Irving. I'm very pleased to have rediscovered this very famous author who isn't as popular in the present as he probably should be.

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