Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Pioneer settlers of New France	Joan Anderson	Text and photographs recreate life in an eighteenth century pioneer settlement in Nova Scotia.	OL15036762W
The California Gold Rush	Elaine Landau	Discusses the California Gold Rush in American history, including the first discovery of gold, the 49ers, and how the gold rush changed the landscape of America.	OL15040131W
Cowboys	Marie Gorsline	Describes the life of the cowboys in the old West, how they ate, slept, dressed, tamed horses, drove cattle, lived on the trail, and spent their leisure time.	OL15967771W
Blazing the Wilderness Road with Daniel Boone in American history	Carl R. Green	Discusses the Wilderness Road, a trail providing a route from Tennessee to Kentucky in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Daniel Boone's role in its development, and life on the trai…	OL16049365W
What was the Gold Rush?	Joan Holub,Tim Tomkinson	Describe la fiebre del oro del siglo XIX, e incluye información sobre los "boomtowns" de la fiebre del oro, las relaciones entre los nativos americanos y los pioneros de la fiebre del oro y la import…	OL16694938W
In the days of the vaqueros	Russell Freedman	Introduces the Mexican ranch hands who developed the necessary skills for herding cattle and who instructed the inexperienced cowboys of the American West in their ways.	OL17740315W
Laura Ingalls Wilder	Patricia Reilly Giff	A biography of the author of the "Little House" books, including the years of her marriage to Almanzo Wilder.	OL1817408W
Who was Daniel Boone?	Sydelle Kramer	Called the "Great Pathfinder", Daniel Boone is most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky. A symbol of America's pioneering spirit Boone was a skilled outdoorsman and an avid re…	OL1869375W
Daniel Boone	Tracey Boraas	Describes the life of Daniel Boone, including his exploration of Kentucky, his interaction with various Indian tribes, and his role in the westward expansion of the American frontier.	OL1869527W
Jedediah Smith	Sharlene Nelson	Discusses the life and work of Jedediah Smith, an explorer of the American West and leader of mountain men.	OL1917386W
Pioneers	Martin W. Sandler	An overview, in text and illustrations, of the pioneer experience in the American West, from the first settlers through the development of towns.	OL2010666W
The Little House guidebook	William Anderson	A comprehensive guidebook to all the homes in which Laura Ingalls Wilder once lived and which have now been preserved as historic landmarks and museums.	OL2161991W
Pioneer girl	William Anderson	Recounts the life story of the author of the "Little House" books, from her childhood in Wisconsin to her old age at Rocky Ridge Farm.	OL2161993W
Trail fever	D. J. Lightfoot	A biography of George Saunders, a cowboy who endured cattle drives, stampedes, and skirmishes with Indians on the Texas frontier during and after the Civil War.	OL4277679W
Gunfighters	Leonard Matthews	Traces the lives of some of the Old West's most colorful lawmen and desperados, including Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, and John Wesley Hardin.	OL4463644W
Seeing the elephant	Joyce Badgley Hunsaker	Provides paintings, photographs, newspaper articles, and fictionalized diaries of real people who traveled the Oregon Trail throughout the nineteenth century.	OL495685W
The Wilderness Road	Arlan Dean	Introduces the two hundred mile Wilderness Road that began in Virginia and ended in Kentucky.	OL5704095W
Wild Bill Hickok	Larissa Phillips,Tracie Egan	Profiles the life and exploits of William Hickok, the legendary Western sharpshooter known as Wild Bill.	OL5754235W
Laura Ingalls Wilder	Carin T. Ford	Discusses the life and career of Laura Ingalls Wilder, famed author of the "Little House" books.	OL5820077W
The Oregon Trail	Elizabeth Dana Jaffe	Examines the famous westward route of American settlement during the 1800s, including everyday life on the trail, what it took to make the journey successfully, and what happened to unsuccessful atte…	OL6208502W