People of the Moonshell - Softcover

Nancy M. Peterson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0939650428 ISBN 13: 9780939650422

Publisher: American Traveler Press, 1984

Synopsis

People of the Moonshell is an award-winning history of the Platte River, the primary way west during the frontier era. Peterson focuses on people, some well-known, some unknown, who had some extraordinary experience along the Platte. Subjects range from Spanish explorers to Mormon settlers, from Buffalo Bill Cody and Robert Louis Stevenson to Native Americans fighting for their homeland. Written largely from diaries and journals, the tales weave into an overview of Plate River history described by the El Paso Corral of Westerners as "one of those rare treasures."

About this title

About the Author:

Nancy Peterson writes with care and feeling about the Platte River country because she grew up along the North Platte in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Highly interested in the frontier era, she has authored numerous historical articles in regional publications as well as a column of local history which was the impetus for People of the Moonshell. Winner of numerous awards for both prose and poetry, she is past president of the Denver Woman's Press Club and the Denver Branch of the National League of American Pen Women.

About this edition

• Publisher: American Traveler Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0939650428
• ISBN 13: 9780939650422
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• Illustrator: Asa Battles