
Empire of Shadows
The Epic Story of Yellowstone
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Narrated by:
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Jack de Golia
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By:
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George Black
Empire of Shadows is the epic story of the conquest of Yellowstone, a landscape uninhabited, inaccessible, and shrouded in myth in the aftermath of the Civil War. In a radical reinterpretation of the 19th century West, George Black casts Yellowstone's creation as the culmination of three interwoven strands of history - the passion for exploration, the violence of the Indian Wars, and the "civilizing" of the frontier - and charts its course through the lives of those who sought to lay bare its mysteries: Lt. Gustavus Cheyney Doane, a gifted but tormented cavalryman known as "the man who invented Wonderland"; the ambitious former vigilante leader Nathaniel Langford; scientist Ferdinand Hayden, who brought photographer William Henry Jackson and painter Thomas Moran to Yellowstone; and General Phil Sheridan, Civil War hero and architect of the Indian Wars, who finally succeeded in having the new National Park placed under the protection of the US Cavalry.
George Black's Empire of Shadows is a groundbreaking historical account of the origins of America's majestic national landmark.
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"...a masterful and riveting history of the exploration of Yellowstone. Empire of Shadows will forever change our understanding and conception of this sacred American place." (David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z)
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Strange emphasis on Freemasonry
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I want to to Yellowstone again!
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Excellent!
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The book covers many subjects that are known by many other books that need to be included in Yellowstone history. The book also covers many subjects that are completely irrelevant, boring, almost overwhelming at times.
Covering the history of Yellowstone and it founders from the perspective of the white explorers was uniquely enjoyable as most books do not include the journals of the explorers. Including the journals of the explorers, gives a personal experience is if you were there with the explorers exploring at the time of discovery.
Where this is the one thing that made the book good there a certain circumstances that may, in a way, un entertaining and difficult to make it through the chapter.
Overall, must read for info on Yellowstone.
Has the most broad strokes of Yellowstones story.
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Paints a big picture
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Must read before your trip to Yellowstone.
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Great companion to a visit to Yellowstone
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Deep dive history
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The history
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A Wandering Exploration
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