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Life in the Far West ,by George F. Ruxton (a Western Clasic) New Edition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 120

Life in the Far West ,by George F. Ruxton (a Western Clasic) New Edition

George Frederick Ruxton (24 July 1821 - 29 August 1848) was a British explorer and travel writer. He was a Lieutenant in the British Army, received a medal for gallantry from Queen Isabella II of Spain, was a hunter and explorer and published papers and books about his travels to Africa, Canada, Mexico and the United States. He observed the westward expansion of the United States in the 1840s during the period when the country's government was pursuing its policy of manifest destiny. He was the first author to write "extensively" of the mountain men of the Rocky Mountains.. In this classic of western Americana, George Frederick Ruxton, who died in St. Louis in 1848 at the youthful age of twe...

Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, by George F. Ruxton
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 194

Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, by George F. Ruxton

George Frederick Ruxton (24 July 1821 - 29 August 1848) was a British explorer and travel writer. He was a Lieutenant in the British Army, received a medal for gallantry from Queen Isabella II of Spain, was a hunter and explorer and published papers and books about his travels to Africa, Canada, Mexico and the United States. He observed the westward expansion of the United States in the 1840s during the period when the country's government was pursuing its policy of manifest destiny.He was the first author to write "extensively" of the mountain men of the Rocky Mountains. Early life George Frederick Augustus Ruxton, or George Augustus Frederick Ruxton, was born to Anna Maria Hay Ruxton and J...

Life in the Far West (1851) by George Frederick Ruxton (a Western Clasic)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 124

Life in the Far West (1851) by George Frederick Ruxton (a Western Clasic)

George Frederick Ruxton (24 July 1821 - 29 August 1848) was a British explorer and travel writer. He was a Lieutenant in the British Army, received a medal for gallantry from Queen Isabella II of Spain, was a hunter and explorer and published papers and books about his travels to Africa, Canada, Mexico and the United States. He observed the westward expansion of the United States in the 1840s during the period when the country's government was pursuing its policy of manifest destiny. He was the first author to write "extensively" of the mountain men of the Rocky Mountains

Life in the Far West
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 384

Life in the Far West

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1849
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Life in the Far West describes the amazing true adventures of George Frederick Ruxton as he forges a path through the yet-untamed wilderness of a young America, seeing firsthand the relationships between the US Army and Comanche Indians and the incredible lifestyles of Colorado mountain men. With a literary style that makes it feel more like a novel than the true account it is, Life in the Far West is the compelling and ambitious account of a true explorer.

Life in the Far West
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 249

Life in the Far West

George Frederick Ruxton was an explorer and adventurer extraordinaire. Born in England in 1820, he followed in his family’s footsteps and entered the military at the age of thirteen. He quickly became a decorated soldier, serving in Spain, where he fought for Queen Isabella II in the Carlist civil war and was made a Spanish knight at seventeen, as well as in Ireland and Canada. But the rigidity of military life was not for him. In 1843 Ruxton followed his wanderlust; he sold his commission and roamed freely for a season through the remote woods of southern Canada and northern New York, hunting and living off the land. Ruxton never forgot his travels through remote America, and, after journ...

Life in the Far West (1851) by George Frederick Ruxton (a Western Clasic)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 118

Life in the Far West (1851) by George Frederick Ruxton (a Western Clasic)

George Frederick Ruxton (24 July 1821 - 29 August 1848) was a British explorer and travel writer. He was a Lieutenant in the British Army, received a medal for gallantry from Queen Isabella II of Spain, was a hunter and explorer and published papers and books about his travels to Africa, Canada, Mexico and the United States. He observed the westward expansion of the United States in the 1840s during the period when the country's government was pursuing its policy of manifest destiny. He was the first author to write "extensively" of the mountain men of the Rocky Mountains.In this classic of western Americana, George Frederick Ruxton, who died in St. Louis in 1848 at the youthful age of twent...

Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 198

Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-02-06
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  • Publisher: CreateSpace

Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains is the story of the author's trip northward from Mexico to the Rocky Mountains in the 19th century.

George Frederick Ruxton
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 56

George Frederick Ruxton

Ruxton, George F.

Mountain Men
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 296

Mountain Men

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