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    The West From a Car-Window (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
    The West From a Car-Window (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
    The West From a Car-Window (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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    The West From a Car-Window (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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    In New York, acclaimed reporter Richard Harding Davis hopped a train westward, hoping to encounter the Wild West he had read so much about. His dispatches to Harper’s Weekly, including a riveting account of riding with the U.S. Army on the trail of a fugitive, are collected this early portrait of a growing region.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarnes & Noble
    Release dateFeb 22, 2011
    ISBN9781411441774
    The West From a Car-Window (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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    Richard Davis

    Richard Davis was born and educated in Melbourne and now lives in Queensland. He was encouraged in his writing by Alan Marshall, Ivan Southall and later, Nobel prize-winning author Patrick White. Richard pursued a successful career in commerce before taking up full-time writing in 1997. Since then his published works have included three internationally acclaimed biographies of musicians: Geoffrey Parsons - Among Friends (ABC Books), Eileen Joyce: A Portrait (Fremantle Press) and Anna Bishop - The Adventures of an Intrepid Prima Donna (Currency Press). The latest in this series is Wotan’s Daughter - The Life of Marjorie Lawrence.

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