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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Cowboys 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
West from Salt Lake West from Salt Lake Jesse G. Petersen 328 p. : 25 cm OL16142590W
The diary of David R. Leeper The diary of David R. Leeper David Rohrer Leeper A young prospector describes his experiences traveling overland to the California gold fields and during the five years he spent digging for gold. OL1618053W
Villages on wheels Villages on wheels Stanley Buchholz Kimball Mormon travels, often made at great sacrifice, began in a first move in 1831 from New York and Pennsylvania, and on to Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. Then came the the great wagon and handcart exodus … OL16239564W
A Little House Sampler A Little House Sampler Laura Ingalls Wilder,William T. Anderson,Rose Wilder Lane Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose series of Little House books has charmed millions of readers, was first encouraged to write about her early days on the frontier by her daughter, Rose, who herself wrote a… OL1719780W
The Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail Rinker Buck Spanning 2,000 miles and traversing six states from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean, the Oregon Trail is the route that made America. In the fifteen years before the Civil War, when 400,000 pioneers us… OL20002635W
Controlled recklessness Controlled recklessness Nathan Sanderson Born in 1857 into a hardworking and resilient family, George Edward Lemmon grew up learning how to bounce back from adversity. Despite several crippling accidents on horseback, he continued to pursue… OL20018580W
Making the White Man's West Making the White Man's West Jason E. Pierce In the early nineteenth century, critics like Zebulon Pike and Washington Irving viewed the West as a ?dumping ground? for free blacks and Native Americans, a place where they could be segregated fro… OL20930399W
The promise of the West The promise of the West Mary Barmeyer O'Brien "Driven by the promise of prosperity and opportunity on the frontier, thousands of men and women traveled west in the mid-1800s to forge a new life. Accompanying them were their children, wide-eyed a… OL22318154W
Devil's Gate Devil's Gate David Roberts "The Mormon handcart tragedy of 1856 is the worst disaster in the history of the Western migrations, and yet it remains virtually unknown today outside Mormon circles. Following the death of Joseph S… OL2261522W
Pioneers Pioneers Leonard Matthews Examines the reasons for the westward migration of the nineteenth century and chronicles the experiences of the men and women who traveled to the vast western areas of North America and established f… OL4463667W
How odd How odd Shirley Bahlmann xiii, 87 p. ; 23 cm OL5953341W
Reminiscences of a soldier's wife Reminiscences of a soldier's wife Ellen McGowan Biddle Life of a military wife in Western outposts after the Civil War, including New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Nebraska. Includes many observations and anecdotes regarding Native Americans OL5956142W
One side by himself One side by himself Ronald O. Barney "Lewis Barney's life-span roughly covered the last third of a period which significantly influenced American culture. His death in 1894, after a lifetime of chasing civilization's edge, was coinciden… OL6208976W
The story of the outlaw The story of the outlaw Emerson Hough "The American West offered abundant opportunities for those seeking gold and gunfights, fame and infamy. Popular Western writer Emerson Hough (1857-1923) was the author of the history The Story of th… OL6213284W