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Ghost Riders | 
| Author: Richard Grant
Publisher: Abacus
Category: Book
List Price: $16.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 269734
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0349112681
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780349112688
ASIN: 0349112681
Publication Date: December 4, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
brilliant October 25, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Fascinating analysis of nomadism in its historical context, focusing on the Native American Plains Indians during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Loaded with well-researched anecdotes of the interaction between "mountain men," trappers, traders, French, Indians, pioneers, etc., some of which serve to contradict much of today's commonly accepted theories of, for instance, what motivated such restless spirits as Daniel Boone and Sam Houston. Historic locations are compared to what is seen first-hand, through the author's observations as he explores the sites. Woven into this historical overview are the stories of contemporary nomads he encounters at truckstops, bars and on the road. A very thought-provoking book, it makes me reflect both on why we choose to live in cities, towns or groupings in our sedentary life-styles, with our rigorous routines, and what freedoms we have sacrificed.
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