Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Spanish pioneers of the Southwest	Joan Anderson	Recreates in text and photographs the day-to-day life of a pioneer family living in a newly-formed Spanish settlement in the Southwest during the eighteenth century.	OL15036765W
The Santa Fe Trail in American history	William R. Sanford	Presents a history of the trail that became an important commercial route to the southwestern United States during the 1800s.	OL15129730W
Zebulon Pike	William R. Sanford	A biography of the army officer and explorer who discovered, among other places in the West and Southwest, the great Rocky Mountain peak in Colorado that bears his name.	OL15129740W
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
Let's explore the Great Basin	Kathleen Connors	Covers the basics of geography, topography, major industries, and culture (including recipes) of the region, as well as exploring fun and fascinating destinations with detailed locale descriptions, h…	OL17908358W
Missions and presidios	Raymond Bial	Explains how missions came to be, and what their purpose was.	OL20491967W
Coronado's Golden Quest	Michael Eagle,Alex Haley,Barbara Weisberg	Coronado’s Golden Quest describes Coronado’s search for gold in the Southwest and his interaction with the Natives residing there. The first Europeans to explore the American Southwest were Spanis…	OL4290812W
Zebulon Pike	Robin S. Doak	A biography profiling the life of explorer Zebulon Pike, describing his adventures and treks of the land west of the Mississippi River, known as the American West. Includes source notes and timeline.	OL5703058W
A desert food chain	A. D. Tarbox	"A look at a common food chain in a North American desert, introducing the mesquite tree that starts the chain, the coyote that sits atop the chain, and various animals in between"--	OL9727965W