The Greater America: An Epic Journey Through a Vibrant New Country

by Ralph Delahaye Paine

Book Overview

'To read the book is to get a new appreciation of the greatness of America, the greatness of her present and the possibilities of her future.' That was the reaction in 1907 when Ralph Paine published his dispatches from a 15,000-mile circuit around and through a West that was fast losing its wildness.

He talked to homesteaders in sod huts, to the people building towns and laying railroads across the empty prairie, to "cow punchers" making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1544938306
• ISBN13: 9781544938301
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"