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Describes the activities of the scouts who guided soldiers and new travelers through the western frontier in the nineteenth century.

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As winter strangled the wilderness, John C. Frmont needed to get his expedition party to California. Facing sub-zero temperatures, meager food ... More

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This trail was used primarily by stagecoaches bringing mail to the new settlers of America's West. Readers will learn of the dangers that travelers ... More

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Who were the first women to cross the Rocky Mountains? Students will read about Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spalding's trip to the Oregon territory in ... More

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This extraordinary story is detailed in this fact-filled and illustration-packed reference featuring specially commissioned photographs of surviving ... More

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The journey west on the Oregon Trail usually took six long, hard months. Readers will be fascinated by a firsthand account of a trail traveler. Maps, ... More

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Describes the discovery and settlement of the Western United States by diverse ethnic and religious groups, who came and stayed for widely differing ... More

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Of all the Old West figures whose images eventually found their way into our popular culture, none was better known than Wild Bill Hickok. This book, ... More

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Collection of western stories illustrated by photos and 11 never-before-published C.M. Russell pen and inks.

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Two eminent historians, Robert V. Hine and John Mack Faragher, present the American West as both frontier and region, real and imagined, old and new, ... More

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To know how the West was really won, start with the exploits of these unsung buckskin survivalists.

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This collection of true tales by a noted storyteller presents a lively, historically accurate, and often surprising picture of America's Wild West. ... More

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"The Wild West: 365 Days" is a day-by-day adventure that tells the stories of pioneers and cowboys, gold rushes and saloon shoot-outs in America's ... More

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The only book to tell the story of the West with accounts actually written by the figures who lived them, this collection includes real stories of ... More

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bibliography, index, eight-page photo essay

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The author of "The Fighting Men of the Civil War" now masterfully chronicles the grand history of the territory beyond the Mississippi, with ... More

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Essays in this volume examine the significance of the frontier in American history, with emphasis on how the frontier changed throughout the ... More

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This comprehensive social history of the westward movement explores the details of everyday living on the American frontier.

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"The last great folk tale of the last American frontier" - that's how Jay Monaghan describes the crimson career of Tom Horn, defender of property ... More

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