Beyond the great prairies and in the shadow of the Rockies lie the Foothills. For nine hundred miles the prairies spread themselves out in vast level reaches, and then begin to climb over softly rounded mounds that ever grow higher and sharper till, here and there, they break into jagged points and at last rest upon the great bases of the mighty mountains. These rounded hills that join the prairies to the mountains form the Foothill Country. They extend for about a hundred miles only, but no other hundred miles of the great ...
Read More
Beyond the great prairies and in the shadow of the Rockies lie the Foothills. For nine hundred miles the prairies spread themselves out in vast level reaches, and then begin to climb over softly rounded mounds that ever grow higher and sharper till, here and there, they break into jagged points and at last rest upon the great bases of the mighty mountains. These rounded hills that join the prairies to the mountains form the Foothill Country. They extend for about a hundred miles only, but no other hundred miles of the great West are so full of interest and romance. The natural features of the country combine the beauties of prairie and of mountain scenery. There are valleys so wide that the farther side melts into the horizon, and uplands so vast as to suggest the unbroken prairie. Nearer the mountains the valleys dip deep and ever deeper till they narrow into canyons through which mountain torrents pour their blue-gray waters from glaciers that lie glistening between the white peaks far away. Here are the great ranges on which feed herds of cattle and horses. Here are the homes of the ranchmen, in whose wild, free, lonely existence there mingles much of the tragedy and comedy, the humor and pathos, that go to make up the romance of life. Among them are to be found the most enterprising, the most daring, of the peoples of the old lands. The broken, the outcast, the disappointed, these too have found their way to the ranches among the Foothills. A country it is whose sunlit hills and shaded valleys reflect themselves in the lives of its people; for nowhere are the contrasts of light and shade more vividly seen than in the homes of the ranchmen of the Albertas.
Read Less
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. No dust jacket as issued. Good+--pages are clean and bright; cover has faded spine, edge wear on spine, binding is tight but hinges show beginning signs of loosening. 300 p.; 19 cm., cloth over boards Special ed. limited to 50, 000 copies.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fair. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Green cloth boards are rubbed, scuffed, tanned, cloth torn on front hinge. Pages are clean with no markings in text.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Louis Rhead. Very Good. No Jacket. Book Pictorial lightly soiled mustard/brown cloth. Small nick upper back joint. Inked name verso front cover, clean text. Attractive. 27, 000 PB shelf.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. Without dust jacket. Sold as good reading copy only. Octavo, 7 1/2" tall, 300 pages plus ads, with gilt titles on decorative blue cloth. A good hard cover overall with generally moderate shelf wear, sunning (fading) along the spine, rubbing at fore-corner edges, light exterior soiling; hinges and internal binding solid, paper clean, moderately yellowed.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
