Item Tag: United States / General

WAY TO THE WEST, BY EMERSON HOUGH, deluxe 1st Grosset edition, 1920, VG+ book. Dust jacket by Remington Schuyler; Four internal illustrations by the great Frederick Remington. The original 1903 1st edition with a different company reportedly carried six interior illustrations. This is a nice historical summary on some of the main men in the westward expansion and empire quest of the USA. Here come to life once more Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Kit Carson, who with axe and rifle and birch-bark canoe set out to carve a nation. Here is the story of that Westward course of Empire–the story of the Great Trails—The Santa Fe and the Oregon. Here are the facts of the glorious romance—THE COVERED WAGON–THE HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS MEN… Some might consider this approach to western US history a bit dated and narrow, but the approach is still promoted in many classrooms across the USA. Emerson Hough [ huff ] (June 28, 1857 – April 30, 1923) was an American writer best known for writing western stories and historical novels. His early works included Singing Mouse Stories and Story of the Cowboy. He was well known for his 1902 historical novel The Mississippi Bubble. Many of his works have been adapted into films and serial films. Hough was an Iowan who became major force in U.S. western history and literature in the early 20th century. Hough wrote of the one earliest treatments on the sometimes controversial, WW1 era APL (American Protective League as well.