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61) Cowtown Wichita and the wild, wicked West

Author

Hoig, Stan

Physical Desc

xiv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

62) The Indian frontier of the American West, 1846-1890

Author

Utley, Robert M

Series

Histories of the American frontier

Physical Desc

xxi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

63) Miles from nowhere: tales from America's contemporary frontier

Author

Duncan, Dayton

Physical Desc

xiv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

64) Valley of the sun: frontier stories

Author

L'Amour, Louis

Physical Desc

181 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

65) My way west: real kids traveling the Oregon & California trails

Author

Goss, Elizabeth Ames

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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"Based on real letters and memoirs, 'My Way West' presents true historical stories and experiences from kids on the Oregon and California Trails in the mid to late 1800s"--

66) Ghost town at sundown

Author

Osborne, Mary Pope

Series

Magic tree house volume 10

Physical Desc

73 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to the Wild West, where they experience excitement and danger and try to solve a riddle.

67) Westward expansion

Author

Domnauer, Teresa

Series

True book

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Describes the causes, methods, people, and effects of the expansion of the original thirteen colonies to the West.

68) Mississippi mud: three prairie journals

Author

Turner, Ann Warren

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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Poems reflecting the points of view of three pioneer children describe their family's journey from Kentucky to Oregon.

69) The Vendetta of Felipe Espinosa

Author

Jones, Adam James

Physical Desc

433 pages ; 23 cm

Language

English

Description

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A historical epic based on the story of one of America's first serial killers and foreign terrorists reimagines the murder spree of fanatical gunman Felipe Espinosa against a backdrop of the Civil War.

70) Across the wide and lonesome prairie: the Oregon Trail diary of Hattie Campbell

Author

Gregory, Kristiana

Series

Dear America

Physical Desc

168 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

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In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail.

71) Wagons west: the epic story of America's overland trails

Author

McLynn, Frank

Physical Desc

509 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Language

English

72) Lead and likker

Author

White, Owen P

Physical Desc

vii, 274 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

73) Kit Carson's own story of his life: as dictated to Col. and Mrs. D. C. Peters about 1856-57, and never before published

Author

Carson, Kit

Physical Desc

2 preliminary leaves, 7-138 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits, facsimile ; 25 cm

Language

English

74) Calico dresses and buffalo robes: American West fashions from the 1840s to the 1890s

Author

Krohn, Katherine E

Series

Dressing a nation

Physical Desc

64 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Looks at the different modes of dress in the American West from the 1840s to the 1890s, examining the clothing and accessories of Native Americans, early pioneers, and the men and women of different social classes.

75) Your travel guide to America's Old West

Author

Markel, Rita J

Series

Passport to history

Physical Desc

96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in the American West in the 1800s, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.

76) My life in the mountains and on the plains L: the newly discovered autobiography

Author

Meriwether, D

Series

American exploration and travel volume 46

Physical Desc

xxi, 301 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Language

English

77) Jim Bridger, mountain man: a biography

Author

Vestal, Stanley

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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He discovered the Great Salt Lake, and was one of the foremost trappers in the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. He opened the Overland Route, which was the path of the Overland Stage, the Pony Express, and the Union Pacific railroad.

78) Which way to the Wild West?: everything your schoolbooks didn't tell you about America's westward expansion

Author

Sheinkin, Steve

Physical Desc

260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Language

English

79) Sacagawea's nickname: essays on the American West

Author

McMurtry, Larry

Physical Desc

xiv, 178 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

80) Threads West: an American saga

Author

Rosenthal, Reid Lance

Series

Threads West an American saga volume 1

Physical Desc

229 pages ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Description

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The epic saga begins in 1855 with the first of four richly-textured, complex generations of unforgettable characters. The separate lives of these driven men and independent women are drawn to a common destiny that beckons seductively from the wild and remote flanks of the American West.

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61) Cowtown Wichita and the wild, wicked West

62) The Indian frontier of the American West, 1846-1890

63) Miles from nowhere: tales from America's contemporary frontier

64) Valley of the sun: frontier stories

65) My way west: real kids traveling the Oregon & California trails

66) Ghost town at sundown

67) Westward expansion

68) Mississippi mud: three prairie journals

69) The Vendetta of Felipe Espinosa

70) Across the wide and lonesome prairie: the Oregon Trail diary of Hattie Campbell

71) Wagons west: the epic story of America's overland trails

72) Lead and likker

73) Kit Carson's own story of his life: as dictated to Col. and Mrs. D. C. Peters about 1856-57, and never before published

74) Calico dresses and buffalo robes: American West fashions from the 1840s to the 1890s

75) Your travel guide to America's Old West

76) My life in the mountains and on the plains L: the newly discovered autobiography

77) Jim Bridger, mountain man: a biography

78) Which way to the Wild West?: everything your schoolbooks didn't tell you about America's westward expansion

79) Sacagawea's nickname: essays on the American West

80) Threads West: an American saga

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