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416 pages : illustrations map ; 25 cm
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English
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The story of the U.S. explorer and national hero, John Fremont, a leading figure in the 1840s war with Mexico over California. It is told through the eyes of Bradford Stone, a young cartographer who along with Kit Carson participates in Fremont's politico-military adventures, including the Bear Flag Rebellion.
2) Kit Carson
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32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Examines the life of Kit Carson, discussing his childhood in Kentucky, his move to New Mexico where he worked as a trapper, his experiences as a guide for explorer John Fremont, his work as an Indian agent, and his roles in the Mexican and Civil Wars.
6) Jim Bridger
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xi, 358 pages : illustrations, portrait, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Oklahoma western biographies volume 27
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xxx, 289 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Language
English
Description
In this dual biography, McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill Cody helped invent the image of the West that still exists today--cowboys and Indians, rodeo, rough rides, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buck-skin. His most celebrated protégée, the short, slight Annie Oakley--born Phoebe Ann Moses in Ohio--spent sixteen...
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xviii, 194 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm
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English
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Remembered today as an early cartographer and prolific religious artist, don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713?1785) engaged during his lifetime in a surprising array of other pursuits: engineer and militia captain on Indian campaigns, district officer, merchant, debt collector, metallurgist, luckless silver miner, presidial soldier, dam builder, and rancher. This long-overdue, richly illustrated biography recounts Miera?s complex life in cinematic...
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M.K. Brown range life volume no. 21
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xx, 480 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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