{"product_id":"off-with-the-crack-of-a-whip-stagecoaching-through-yellowstone-and-the-origins-of-tourism-in-the-interior-of-the-american-west-9781606391372","title":"\"Off with the Crack of a Whip!\": Stagecoaching through Yellowstone, and the Origins of Tourism in the Interior of the American West","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStagecoaches carried visitors to and through Yellowstone National Park for thirty-eight years, from 1878 to 1916, and helped establish Yellowstone as a world-famous travel destination. This Volume One of a two-volume set by preeminent Yellowstone historian Lee Whittlesey is an engaging account of stagecoaching's first years in the park. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn lively, often humorous prose, Whittlesey describes the evolution of stagecoach travel in Yellowstone, the colorful men--and women--who ran the stagecoach companies, and the types of stagecoaches that carried tourists in the park, including the famed \"Tally-ho\" design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Whittlesey profiles the stagecoach drivers who were \"rough and profane but men of undoubted nerve,\" and he shares stories from passengers who were appalled by their drivers, the \"mind-shattering and bone-rattling\" roads, the armed hold-ups, and the relentless dust, yet who were entranced by the wonders of this new Wonderland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A new book by Yellowstone's premier historian is always cause for celebration. Lee Whittlesey's \u003ci\u003e\"Off with the Crack of a Whip!\" \u003c\/i\u003eis both a lively, colorful paean to the park's legendary stagecoach days and an astonishing achievement of research on an encyclopedic scale. An amazing book.\" -- Paul Schullery, author of \u003ci\u003eSearching for Yellowstone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bear Doesn't Know\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is an excellent source for anyone doing research on Yellowstone history, because stagecoach tourism, as Lee Whittlesey shows, was intertwined with almost every aspect of Yellowstone's development. Thoroughly well-documented, \u003ci\u003e\"Off with the Crack of a Whip!\" \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating ride into Yellowstone's stagecoaching past.\" -- Dr. Judith Meyer, Professor Emeritus, Missouri State University-Springfield (retired), and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of Yellowstone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee H. Whittlesey\u003c\/b\u003e's forty-five-year studies in the history of the Yellowstone region have made him an expert on Yellowstone's vast literature and have resulted in numerous publications. He is the author, co-author, or editor of sixteen books and some sixty journal articles, including \u003ci\u003e\"Off with the Crack of a Whip\" Stagecoaching Through Yellowstone and the Origins of Tourism in the Interior of the American West\u003c\/i\u003e, volume one (2022, Riverbend Publishing) and \u003ci\u003eThis Modern Saratoga of the Wilderness: A History of Mammoth Hot Springs \u003c\/i\u003e(2022, National Park Service). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2000, Whittlesey published \u003ci\u003eThe Guide to Yellowstone Waterfalls and Their Discovery \u003c\/i\u003e(Westcliffe Publishers) in which he and two co-authors revealed to the world for the first time the existence of more than 300 previously unknown waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park. For this accomplishment, he was featured on ABC News, NBC News, the Discovery Channel, the Travel Channel, and \u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2015, Whittlesey published a new edition of his book about Truman Everts entitled \u003ci\u003eLost in the Yellowstone\u003c\/i\u003e, a new edition of his well-known book \u003ci\u003eDeath in Yellowstone\u003c\/i\u003e, and his book \u003ci\u003eGateway to Yellowstone: The Raucous Town of Cinnabar on the Montana Frontier \u003c\/i\u003e(Rowman and Littlefield with Two Dot Books). In 2020, the two-volume \u003ci\u003eThe History of Mammals in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, 1796-1881: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Thousands of Historical Observations \u003c\/i\u003eby Whittlesey and NPS Interpreter Sarah Bone was published by Kindle Direct Publishing of Seattle. This book entailed thirty years of research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhittlesey served as Archivist and then Park Historian for the National Park Service at Yellowstone National Park for thirty-seven years, and previously served in that park as Ranger Naturalist\/Interpreter, Law Enforcement Ranger, and in numerous other positions. He has a master's degree in history from Montana State University and a law degree (Juris Doctor) from the University of Oklahoma. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn May 19, 2001, because of his extensive writings and long contributions to Yellowstone National Park, Idaho State University conferred upon him an Honorary Doctorate of Science and Humane Letters. On May 3, 2014, Montana State University awarded him an honorary Ph.D. in history. From 2006 through 2011, he served as an adjunct professor of history at Montana State University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhittlesey has often appeared in television programs to talk about Yellowstone's history. He appeared in Ken Burns's six-part special, \u003ci\u003eThe National Parks: America's Best Idea, \u003c\/i\u003eon PBS, and the Arun Chaudhary film shot for President Obama's White House. He starred in the British Broadcasting Corporation's hour-long program entitled \"Unnatural Histories--Yellowstone,\" and on Montana PBS's history of Yellowstone. He is also a frequent speaker at history conferences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhittlesey retired as Park Historian for the National Park Service at Yellowstone National Park in 2018. He now lives in the Livingston, Montana area, where he writes in retirement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther books by Whittlesey are: \u003ci\u003eMyth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park \u003c\/i\u003e(with Paul Schullery, 2004, University of Nebraska Press); \u003ci\u003eA Yellowstone Album: Photographic Celebration of the First National Park \u003c\/i\u003e(1997, National Park Service); \u003ci\u003eStorytelling in Yellowstone: Horse and Buggy Tour Guides \u003c\/i\u003e(2007, University of New Mexico Press); \u003ci\u003eYellowstone Place Names \u003c\/i\u003e(1988, 2006, Montana Historical Society); \u003ci\u003eHo! for Wonderland: Travelers Accounts of Yellowstone, 1872-1914 \u003c\/i\u003e(with Elizabeth Watry, 2009, University of New Mexico Press); \u003ci\u003eImages of America: Yellowstone National Park \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) and \u003ci\u003eImages of America: Fort Yellowstone \u003c\/i\u003e(both with fellow historian Elizabeth Watry, Arcadia Press); and the voluminous library- manuscript \u003ci\u003eWonderland Nomenclature \u003c\/i\u003e(1988, Microfiche from Montana Historical Society).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverbend","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929017356562,"sku":"9781606391372","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc66c8c1-269b-464e-ae8b-acd4e1d81588.jpg?v=1739027898","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/off-with-the-crack-of-a-whip-stagecoaching-through-yellowstone-and-the-origins-of-tourism-in-the-interior-of-the-american-west-9781606391372","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}