Le grand-ouest des États-Unis (Registro nro. 117349)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | fr |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | F590.3 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Simonin, Louis, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1830-1886 |
| 245 13 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Le grand-ouest des États-Unis |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| Source | rdacarrier |
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| General note | Release date is 2025-08-03 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Laurent Vogel, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Le grand-ouest des États-Unis : Les pionniers et les peaux-rouges : les colons…." by L. Simonin is an epistolary travel narrative and historical account written in the late 19th century. It follows a French traveler crossing the American Great West during the age of the transcontinental railroad, observing pioneers, Native nations, mining camps, and the swift rise of frontier towns, especially in Colorado. The work blends on-the-ground reportage with reflections on democracy and colonization, and signals an added study of early California. The opening of the book recounts how the Paris Exposition leads the narrator to accept an invitation to visit Colorado’s mines with J.-P. Whitney and Colonel Heine, framing the chapters as letters written en route. He sails to New York, speeds by rail to Chicago, and sketches that city’s explosive growth, grain elevators, lake-water tunnel, and pork industry before pushing on to Omaha, the launch point of the Pacific railroad. Crossing Illinois and Iowa alongside emigrants, he contrasts “civilization” with the Far West, describes Omaha and nearby tribes, and notes recent attacks on railway workers. He then rides the Union Pacific across the Platte country to Julesburg, evokes prairie fires, French toponyms, and buffalo, visits Fort Sedgwick, and boards the overland stage with an armed escort. The stage journey to Denver brings fortified stations, accounts of frontier violence (including Sand Creek), harrowing captivity tales, and admiration for the grit of settlers—ending with a safe arrival. In Denver he depicts a young but bustling city born of 1859 gold finds, its institutions, markets, and outsized produce, then outlines the territory’s origins and social life before setting off into the Rockies; the section closes with horseback travels to Central City and Georgetown and vivid notes on dusty roads and communal washing stops. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | Paris: Charpentier, 1869 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | California -- History |
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| Uncontrolled term | Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k411222c">https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k411222c</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76624">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76624</a> |
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