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   Message 719 of 1,275   
   Gerald Clough to Clem Mattis   
   Re: Essential Old West reading   
   21 Jan 05 20:52:14   
   
   From: firstinitiallastname@texas.net   
      
   Clem Mattis wrote:   
      
   > In article , firstinitiallastname@texas.net   
   > says...   
   >   
   >   
   >>"The American West: The Pictorial Epic of a Continent" by Lucius Beebe   
   >>and Charles Clegg. Published by Bonanza Books, NY, 1955. (and later   
   >>reprints)   
   >   
   >   
   > Hi again Gerald,   
   > While ordering the book on inter-library loan today,   
   > I discovered that the authors have collaborated on   
   > other books - notably one about western railroads -   
   > and each author also has quite a list of books to   
   > their credit. Odd that I'm not familiar with either   
   > of them before now, since I thought I was pretty   
   > well read in western history. Thanks again and I   
   > will be checking out their other books that ARE   
   > available in my library in the future.   
   >   
   Beebe was an extraordinary fellow and took Clegg along for the   
   ride...uh...so to speak.   
   http://www.library.unr.edu/friends/hallfame/beebe.html   
      
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