The Great Divide

A Biography of the Rocky Mountains

By: Gary Ferguson

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Paperback | 1 July 2006 | Edition Number 1

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More than any other American landscape, the Rocky Mountains have prompted a remarkable medley of fierce, poetic dreams. For some 150 years this region served as a landscape of freedom for the black sheep of our culture: from the rebellious sons of wealthy industrialists to African American trappers; from affluent young women struggling for suffrage to the hippies of the 1960s, determined to turn their backs on the establishment. Gary Ferguson spins magnificent tales about these vivid charactersblazing a trail that leads us finally to modern adventure travelers bedecked in high-tech outerwear and toting satellite phones into the wild. From this spot on the crest of the continent comes a fresh look at how the nation's wild lands inspired some of our most cherished notions of freedom, as well as how much we stand to lose should our connections to those lands drift out of reach. 25 black & white photos, index.

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Acknowledgments	p. 11
Introduction	p. 15
Fire, Ice, and a Humorless God	p. 29
The Rise of the Mountain Man	p. 57
A Faith Moved by Mountains	p. 83
Slow and Restless, Revengeful and Fond of War	p. 99
Lords, Farmers, and Other Tourists	p. 119
Preachers with Paintbrushes	p. 145
A Monaco Gambling Room in a Colorado Spruce Clearing	p. 165
The Coming of the Dudes	p. 193
Season of the Freaks	p. 225
The Morning After	p. 245
Notes on Sources	p. 261
Photograph Credits	p. 271
Index	p. 273
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