Why read Eyewitness to the Old West?

Book cover of Eyewitness to the Old West: Firsthand Accounts of Exploration, Adventure, and Peril

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A collection of over 150 vignettes from the journals and diaries of people who lived or traveled in the Old West, these accounts begin with the sixteenth-century collisions between the Spaniards and the Indians and conclude with Black Elk's mournful description of the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890. Storytellers…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Eyewitness to the Old West as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Dennis L. Peterson

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In 124 chronologically arranged short chapters, the editor presents exciting, entertaining, and educational accounts of the real-life adventures of those who blazed the pathway to the West.

The places mentioned in the stories were especially exciting for me since I had recently taken two trips to different parts of the West and could see or envision exactly the environment the various eyewitnesses talked about.

The chapters are relatively short (typically two to four pages), so it made excellent reading material for spare moments when long reading sessions were not possible.

From Dennis' 3 favorite reads in 2023.