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Sacagawea's nickname : essays on the American West / Larry McMurtry

By:

McMurtry, Larry

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : New York Review Books , 2001.Description: xiv, 178 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0940322927

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DDC classification:

978.02 MCM

LOC classification:

F591 .M388 2001

Summary: "What was achieved and destroyed, what was made up and forgotten in the American West as the continent was mapped, the natives were displaced, and exploits were transformed into legends? In this new collection, Larry McMurtry profiles explorers and martyrs, hucksters and scholars - figures in the West's enduring yet ever-shifting mixture of myth and reality."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	978.02 MCM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		064042

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"What was achieved and destroyed, what was made up and forgotten in the American West as the continent was mapped, the natives were displaced, and exploits were transformed into legends? In this new collection, Larry McMurtry profiles explorers and martyrs, hucksters and scholars - figures in the West's enduring yet ever-shifting mixture of myth and reality."--BOOK JACKET.

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