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Title: The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore by David Dary ISBN: 0-14-200058-2 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.38 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Dary knows the subject
Comment: When I started reading this book I was quite disapponited since the first chapter deals with "From Conquest to de Onate, 1492 - 1610" and I found Dary's treatment of this period very superficial, maybe such an introductory chapter was unnecessary; fortunately the book works on an higher level when it deals with the history of the Santa Fe trail. Dary gives a lot of space to firsthand accounts and his way of telling the story gives you the feeling of how the life on the trail was: Dary has caught the essence of the time. The number of drawings, photographs and even tables of the merchandise shipped to Santa Fe from Missouri is astounding and provides further involvment in the reading.
I think this book will appeal to every history buff who is interested and/or fascinated by the Spanish South West.
Rating: 5
Summary: Captivating
Comment: An absorbing, compelling and very readable account on the history of the Sante Fe Trail. From the early beginnings of 1500's Spanish exploration and the founding of Sante Fe by Juan de Onate in 1610, Dary takes the reader through five centuries of the magic and mystique of the Trail. Relationships, many times hostile, between the Spanish, Indians and Americans are very well documented in this descriptive chronology along with tensions between Mexico and the U.S., influences of the Civil War and the railroads, etc. all having significant ramifications on commerce between the two nations. An excellent book and very well researched.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very informative but where are the Maps?
Comment: I found this book to be very rewarding and interesting, but not without fault. I found the lack of maps (or the absence of a map with more of the placenames mentioned) in the book to be very annoying - and I confess I got geographically lost at some points. I found the book very well researched and some of the stories and anecdotes very entertaining. In fact, I wished that there could have been room for more traveller's stories within the book. I must say that I got a bit disorientated in the middel of the book but it came together well. The additon of many photographs (rare in a book of this type) was a fantasic bonus and really added to the enjoyment of the book. Overall a highly entertaining and educational book but would have been so much better with the addition of more detailed maps.
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Title: Following the Santa Fe Trail: A Guide for Modern Travelers by Marc Simmons, Hal Jackson ISBN: 1580960111 Publisher: Ancient City Pr Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Old Santa Fe Trail by Stanley Vestal, Marc Simmons ISBN: 0803296150 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847 (Yale Western Americana Paperbound, Yw-3.) by Susan Shelby Magoffin, Stella Madeleine Drumm ISBN: 0803281161 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: December, 1984 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Santa Fe Trail, Yesterday and Today by William E. Hill ISBN: 0870043544 Publisher: Caxton Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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