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Reproduction of the original: Life in the Far West by George Frederick Ruxton

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

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Excerpt from Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky MountainsSome apology, I am aware, is necessary for offering so meagre an account of Mexico as that which is set before the reader in the following pages. In justice to myself, however, I may state that all the notes and memoranda of the country I passed through, as well as several valuable and interesting documents and mss.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rar...

Excerpt from Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains: A True Tale of Rough Adventure in the Days of the Mexican WarAdventures in Mexico, by Lieutenant Ruxton which precedes it in this Library of Adventure.Here we take up the story of our author's journey northward from Chihuahua to the Rocky Mountains. Passing through treeless deserts, where he and his animals suffered much from lack of water, he arrived at Valverde, and there met the advanced post o...

Excerpt from In the Old West, Vol. 1When we bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon, in 1803, it was not from any pressing need of land, for we still had millions of fertile acres east of the Mississippi. The purchase was made to forestall complications with foreign pow ers, either with the arch-conqueror himself, whose ambition was supposed to be the mastery of the whole world, or with Great Britain, to which the western country was sure...

Excerpt from Adventures in MexicoHaving passed through this desolate and sav age land, which to Europeans was known only as a blank spot on the map, the adventurer reach-cd Chihuahua in November, none the worse for hard ships of the trail, but rather stimulated to go on and finish the task he had set himself to perform.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks....

Ruxton (1821-48) was a British explorer and travel writer. He received the Laureate Cross of St Ferdinand for his gallantry during the Spanish Civil War of 1833-39, then served as a Lieutenant in the British Army in Canada. Intrigued by the lives of Native Americans and the trappers on the open prairie he sold his commission and became a hunter in Upper Canada. His travels later took him to Africa and then to Mexico, the Rocky Mountains and th...

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Life in the Far West is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes the...

Considered one of the finest travel accounts of its era, "Adventures in Mexico" describes the equestrian exploits of its famous author, George Ruxton, a young British army officer who rode from the port of Vera Cruz to the fabled walls of Santa Fe, Mexico in 1847. It is a true tale of rough adventure filled with detailed descriptions of Indians, Mexicans, and Americans. When the English horseman met famed Mexican General Santa Ana, for example...