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Enos Mills of the Rockies

Hildegarde Hawthorne

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The story of Enos Mills, starting with his youth on a farm in southeastern Kansas and ending with his death in Colorado.

Contents
I. The Call of the Rockies
II. Homesteading
III. A Miner at Butte
IV. New Conceptions of LIfe
V. Years of Adventuring
VI. A Crowded Pattern
VII. Colorado Snow Observer
VIII. The New Inn
IX. Writing and Speaking
X. Work for the Nation
XI. Home Ties
XII. The Last Stand

12 full-page black and white photos

Appendix: 16 notes of tribute and newspapers clips written at the time of Mills's death. Cowboy and author Andy Adams wrote:

Mr. Mills endeared himself to me by his constant defence [sic] of things Western. He loathed the Nature-faker and those who wrote and spoke with no authority on the great West.
. The regrettable thing is, the mantle of Enos A. Mills will not fall on the shoulders of anyone. The field which he occupied is vacant—our mountains have no one who spoke with such perfect authority.

About the authors: EBM was his wife; HH was Nathaniel Hawthorne's granddaughter.

Pages: 260

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

Release: May 18, 2022

Enos Mills of the Rockies

Hildegarde Hawthorne

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The story of Enos Mills, starting with his youth on a farm in southeastern Kansas and ending with his death in Colorado.

Contents
I. The Call of the Rockies
II. Homesteading
III. A Miner at Butte
IV. New Conceptions of LIfe
V. Years of Adventuring
VI. A Crowded Pattern
VII. Colorado Snow Observer
VIII. The New Inn
IX. Writing and Speaking
X. Work for the Nation
XI. Home Ties
XII. The Last Stand

12 full-page black and white photos

Appendix: 16 notes of tribute and newspapers clips written at the time of Mills's death. Cowboy and author Andy Adams wrote:

Mr. Mills endeared himself to me by his constant defence [sic] of things Western. He loathed the Nature-faker and those who wrote and spoke with no authority on the great West.
. The regrettable thing is, the mantle of Enos A. Mills will not fall on the shoulders of anyone. The field which he occupied is vacant—our mountains have no one who spoke with such perfect authority.

About the authors: EBM was his wife; HH was Nathaniel Hawthorne's granddaughter.

Pages: 260

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

Release: May 18, 2022

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