Title: The West From A Car-Window
First published: January 17, 2007
Description: "In January 1892, [Richard Harding Davis] boarded a train to begin a three-month tour of the West to write a series of articles for Harper's Weekly. This series was later published in a book, The West from a Car-Window. The West offered adventure, danger, and potential riches; and had captured the imagination of the country ... Readers will journey through Texas, from San Antonio to Corpus Christi; meet U.S. troops on the Texas/Mexican border; tour a mining camp, Oklahoma City, a Texas ranch, and an Indian reservation; experience an army post through civilian eyes; and for a finale, visit Denver and Colorado Springs in Colorado."--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Description and travel, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Automobile travel, Personal narratives, Travel, History, Mining camps, West (u.s.), description and travel
Places: West (U.S.)