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Author Ferguson, Gary, 1956-

Title The great divide : the Rocky Mountains in the American mind / Gary Ferguson.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, [2004]
©2004

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  978 FERGUSON    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-269) and index.
Contents Chapter 1: Fire, ice and a humorless God -- Chapter 2: The rise of the mountain man -- Chapter 3: A faith moved by mountains -- Chapter 4: Slow and restless, revengeful and fond of war -- Chapter 5: Lords, farmers and other tourists -- Chapter 6: Preachers with paintbrushes -- Chapter 7: A Monaco gambling room in a Colorado spruce clearing -- Chapter 8: The coming of the dudes -- Chapter 9: Season of the freaks -- Chapter 10: The morning after.
Subject Rocky Mountains Region -- History.
Natural history -- Rocky Mountains Region.
Rocky Mountains Region -- Social life and customs.
Rocky Mountains Region -- Public opinion.
Public opinion -- United States.
ISBN 0393050726
9780393050721
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