02453nam a2200433 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003100112040002100143035002100164043002100185050002300206082001800229100004700247245020800294260006000502300002200562504006400584505052500648533015201173600006701325600006301392650004301455650003301498650005601531650005701587651004101644651005601685651003701741651002801778655002901806700002401835710001701859856012601876999001702002ebr10333628CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||080605s2008    coua    sb   s001 0deng    z  2008025223  z9780870819261 (alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)506069184  an-usp--an-us-ny14aF594b.C945 2008eb04a917.804/22221 aCummings, Amos J.q(Amos Jay),d1841-1902.12aA remarkable curiosityh[electronic resource] :bdispatches from a New York City journalist's 1873 railroad trip across the American West /cAmos Jay Cummings ; edited and compiled by Jerald T. Milanich.  aBoulder, Colo. :bUniversity Press of Colorado,cc2008.  ax, 371 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 349-353) and index.0 aOver 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.10aCummings, Amos J.q(Amos Jay),d1841-1902xTravelzWest (U.S.)10aCummings, Amos J.q(Amos Jay),d1841-1902vCorrespondence. 0aFrontier and pioneer lifezWest (U.S.) 0aNatural historyzWest (U.S.) 0aJournalistszNew York (State)zNew YorkvBiography. 0aRailroad travelzWest (U.S.)xHistoryy19th century. 0aWest (U.S.)xDescription and travel. 0aWest (U.S.)xSocial life and customsy19th century. 0aWest (U.S.)xHistoryy1860-1890. 0aWest (U.S.)vBiography. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aMilanich, Jerald T.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10333628zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c50185d50185