{"product_id":"ruxton-of-the-rockies-autobiographical-writings-by-the-author-of-adventures-in-mexico-and-the-rocky-mountains-and-life-in-the-far-west-volume-13-paperback","title":"Ruxton of the Rockies: Autobiographical Writings by the Author of Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains and Life in the Far West Volume 13 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Frederick Ruxton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeroy R. Hafen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eClyde Porter\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More than a travel book, more than an autobiography, \u003ci\u003eRuxon of the Rockies\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare and vivid account of a man who lived during a heroic age: George Frederick Ruxton lived among and wrote about the traders and trappers of the American West. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ruxton crammed a dozen lifetimes of adventure into his brief twenty-seven years. Leaving his native England in 1838, at the age of seventeen, he set out on endless journeys--fighting in the Carlist Wars in Spain, stationed with the British army in Ireland, hunting with Indians in Upper Canada, attempting to penetrate to the interior of Africa, and carrying out a mission for his government in Mexico and the American West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In all his travels, nothing won his heart so completely as the Rocky Mountains. With the awareness of a poet and down-to-earth nature of an explorer, Ruxton wrote of their awesome grandeur, bountiful wildlife, hardy mountain men, and their inexorable annihilation of the weakling. While on his way for a second, more extended visit to his beloved Rockies, Ruxton died in St. Louis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A rewarding literary experience, this volume is essentially Ruxton's autobiography. Sections on Africa and the one on Mexico and the Rocky Mountains appeared during Ruxton's lifetime, but earlier portions have never been published before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuxton of the Rockies \u003c\/i\u003eis illustrated with sketches from his notebooks and reproductions of the incomparable watercolors of Alfred Jacob Miller, a great Western artist of Ruxton's time.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.31 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 1979\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461213798578,"sku":"9780806116037","price":39.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4db54d64767771463f2ffdde042f8c93.webp?v=1778943106","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/ruxton-of-the-rockies-autobiographical-writings-by-the-author-of-adventures-in-mexico-and-the-rocky-mountains-and-life-in-the-far-west-volume-13-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}