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Stereotyped into a great covered-wagon cliche, the early history of the American West often becomes a twisted fantasy of half-truths for a casual student of the pioneer era. American authors have universally glorified the Oregon Trial to the practical exclusion of all else. Multiplying with rabbit like precision...
While "Across the Wide Missouri" is an excellent survey of a period vastly underrated in popular history, Mr. Devote's greatest contribution lies in his analysis of true pioneers. The mountain men, the visionary merchants doomed to failure, and the Indians were components of a complex society that influenced the...
Illustrated with a series of superb plates by Alfred Jacob Miller, Charles Bodmer, and George Catlin, "Across the Wide Missouri" is a comprehensive study that flows with the case of a good novel. Mr. Devote's excellent style makes history a pleasure. G.G.D.
Weld strenuously objects to the conspicuous failure of the committee so far to provide for any extensive airing of the three choices still eligible for consideration. Not only does the listing of these in the official report devote disproportionate space to the plaque, but the "Alumni Bulletin" about to reach...
This "absolute leader" turned out to be Chicago's Reynolds Pen Co., first and foremost exploiter ($20,857,000 sold in two years) of ball-point pens. But why were Chairman "Milton Reynolds and President Franklin Lamb willing to sell this purported gold mine for a song? Reynolds, who...