Project Gutenberg 2022-10-09 Public domain in the USA. 213 Davis, Richard Harding 1864 1916 Remington, Frederic 1861 1909 Remington, Frederic Sackrider Remington, Frederick The West from a car window $aUnited States :$bHarper & Brothers Publishers,$c1892. From San Antonio to Corpus Christi -- Our troops on the border -- At a new mining camp -- A three-year-old city -- Ranch life in Texas -- On an Indian reservation -- A civilian at an army post -- The heart of the Great Divide. D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was created from images of public domain material made available by the University of Toronto Libraries.) "The West from a Car Window" by Richard Harding Davis is a travel narrative written in the late 19th century. The work chronicles the author's observations and experiences as he journeys across the American West, particularly focusing on Texas and its cultural and geographical landscape. Through his unique perspective as an easterner, Davis aims to capture the essence of the West and its people, sharing impressions from his train travels across the expansive terrain. The opening of the book sets the tone for Davis's exploration, where he expresses a mix of awe and trepidation at the vastness of Texas. He reflects on the cultural differences he encounters and his initial misconceptions about the region, which include the realities of life in the West, the political climate, and the characters he meets. His narration is interspersed with observations on how the West is often misunderstood by those from the East, revealing a longing to convey a more accurate portrayal to his readers, mixing humor with earnest reflection on the nature of the landscape and its inhabitants. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/westfromcarwindo00daviuoft/page/186/mode/2up 20220209175441davis 1892 us Reading ease score: 64.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en West (U.S.) -- Description and travel Overland journeys to the Pacific F590.3 Text Category: Travel Writing Category: American Literature 306448 2025-07-27T10:23:34.612563 text/html 279895 2024-10-19T01:20:16 text/html 2664502 2025-07-27T10:23:40.955535 application/epub+zip 2661890 2025-07-27T10:23:36.200566 application/epub+zip 275849 2025-07-27T10:23:35.346585 application/epub+zip 3155617 2025-07-27T10:23:44.199560 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2871227 2025-07-27T10:23:40.131607 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274551 2025-07-27T10:23:34.013607 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 254491 2024-10-19T01:20:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17053 2025-07-27T10:23:44.370525 application/rdf+xml 12876 2025-07-27T10:23:35.551586 image/jpeg 1913 2025-07-27T10:23:35.446588 image/jpeg 4208309 2025-07-27T10:23:34.795569 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia