The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West

Name/Title

The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West

Entry/Object ID

2021.2.246

Description

'The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West' by Robert J. Willoughby. A bound book in black with an orange jacket. The book interweaves the stories of six brothers who shaped the American trans-Mississippi West during the first five decades of the nineteenth century .ction of the Civil War Battle of Shiloh and the campfire ballad about the battle sung by an old Army veteran who took part in the battle.

Context

Copyright © 2012 by the University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri. CONTENTS: Chapter 1 The Business of the Father; Chapter 2 Emerging Sons; Chapter 3 Working the Missouri; Chapter 4 Into the Mountains; Chapter 5 Trouble at Council Bluffs; Chapter 6 The Blacksnake Hills Post; Chapter 7 Brothers in New Mexico; Chapter 8 Joseph Builds His Own Town; Chapter 9 Dwindling Prospects in the Mountains; Chapter 10 War and Finding Home; Chapter 11 Queen City of the West; Chapter 12 The End of the Era; Epilogue. The back of the book contains Notes, Bibliography, and the Index.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Transcription

Language

English

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

6.25" x 9.5" x 1"

Book Details

Author

Robert J. Willoughby