The Santa Fe Trail

Its History, Legends, and Lore

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Author:

Dary, David

ISBN:

978-0-7006-1870-5

Publication Date:

Aug 2012

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $21.95

Book Description:

A prize-winning historian of the Old West brings to life the people who laid down the Santa Fe Trail and opened commerce with Spanish America. He uses first-hand accounts and contemporary records to give us a vivid recreation of a time and place crucial to America's westward expansion.

Book Details

Pages:	382
Detailed Subjects:	History / United States / 19Th Century
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	6.12 x 9.25 Inches
Book Weight:	0.77 Pounds

Author Biography

Dary, David (Author)

David Dary is a writer, journalist, and social historian.

Dary worked for newspapers in Kansas and Texas early on in his career and eventually moved on to work for both CBS and NBC news. He then took the position of professor at the William Allan White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas.

The themes of Dary's books center on many aspects of life in the western United States. Dary has written Red Blood and Black Ink: Journalism in the Old West, Entrepreneurs of the Old West, and Seeking Pleasure in the Old West, which received a Western Writers of America Spur Award. He has also received a Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangler Award and the Westerner's International Award for his book Cowboy Culture.

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