{"product_id":"in-search-of-the-golden-west-the-tourist-in-western-america-paperback","title":"In Search of the Golden West: The Tourist in Western America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEarl Pomeroy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEarl Pomeroy\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by), \u003cb\u003eBill Deverell\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first transcontinental railroads brought fashionable easterners to the American West. In the 1880s and 1890s they traveled in sumptuous \"palace cars\" and stayed at luxury hotels. Westerners with an eye on promotion turned to what they took to be their own traditions. After 1900 a wilder West became popular; the Indian was rediscovered, and the cowboy returned to the saddle, if only during fiestas and rodeos. Increasing numbers of tourists headed for \"natural curiosities\" such as the sequoias of Yosemite and the geysers of Yellowstone. Then mass-produced automobiles and cheap air, rail, and bus fares changed the face of western tourism forever.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Golden West\u003c\/i\u003e offers splendid old-time photographs and descriptions of nabobs, hucksters, naturalists, dudes, realtors, and motorists--all those who sought the reality and created the myth of the Golden West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarl Pomeroy (1915-2005) was professor emeritus of history at the University of California, San Diego, and professor emeritus of history at the University of Oregon, Eugene. He was a pioneer in studying sociocultural trends in western history and wrote numerous acclaimed books on the American West in the twentieth century, including \u003ci\u003eThe Pacific Slope\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe American Far West in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e. William Deverell is a professor of history at the University of Southern California and the director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. He is the author or editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eWhitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past\u003c\/i\u003e and (with David Igler) \u003ci\u003eA Companion to California History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 7.92 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750960922912,"sku":"9780803228207","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0aa5368fe561736539c668d0434771cc.webp?v=1779961557","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-search-of-the-golden-west-the-tourist-in-western-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}