Duane A. Smith Bücher

Duane Smith ist bekannt für seine umfangreichen Schriften zur Geschichte des amerikanischen Südwestens. Seine Forschung befasst sich eingehend mit Themen wie der Vergangenheit Colorados, der Bergbauindustrie und der städtischen Entwicklung der Region. Smiths Prosa zeichnet sich durch gründliche Recherche und fesselnde Erzählweise aus, die historische Narrative lebendig werden lässt. Seine Werke werden für ihre Tiefe und ihre Fähigkeit geschätzt, komplexe historische Ereignisse und Persönlichkeiten für die Leser zu beleuchten.

Mesa Verde National Park
128 Seiten
5 Lesestunden
3,8(5)Abgeben
The book explores Mesa Verde National Park, highlighting its significance as America's first cultural park and the world's first cultural heritage park, established in 1906. It preserves the heritage of the prehistoric Puebloan people in a stunning southwestern Colorado landscape. The narrative weaves in the broader history involving the Ute people, Theodore Roosevelt, and Willa Cather, enriched by remarkable vintage photographs that capture the park's archaeological legacy and its captivating natural beauty.
Colorado
324 Seiten
12 Lesestunden
Colorado's history, like the state itself, has had many ups and downs, booms and busts in farming and ranching, in mining and railroading, in water and oil have made Colorado's past a cycle of ups and downs as high as the state's peaks and as low as its canyons. In each chapter of this book, you will find some questions, activities, and suggested reading to help you learn more of Colorado's story than we can present here. In these pages. you will discover a high, dry state with rugged natural beauty and an awesome history.

Mesa Verde National Park

Colorado