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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Famous firearms of the Old West Famous firearms of the Old West Hal Herring x, 189 p., plates : 25 cm OL12794258W
Hear that lonesome whistle blow Hear that lonesome whistle blow Dee Alexander Brown Includes information on Arapaho Indians, the Central Pacific Railroad of California, Cheyenne Indians, the Northern Pacific Railroad, Pawnee Indians, Plains Indians, immigrants, settlers, Sioux India… OL14864822W
The Chisholm Trail in American history The Chisholm Trail in American history William R. Sanford Presents the history of the trail which became the main route for the Texas cattle trade after the Civil War. OL15129683W
Quick-draw gunfighters Quick-draw gunfighters Jeff Savage "Examines gunfighters in the Wild West, including the typical traits and tools of gunfighters, infamous outlaws, gangs, important lawmen, and how the gun often ruled the Wild West"--Provided by publi… OL16014833W
Lions of the West Lions of the West Robert Morgan From Thomas Jefferson's birth in 1743 to the California Gold Rush in 1849, America's westward expansion comes to life in the hands of a writer fascinated by the way individual lives link up, illumina… OL16099178W
Across the wide Missouri Across the wide Missouri Bernard Augustine De Voto Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. Across the Wide Missouri tells the compelling story of the climax and decline of the Rocky Mountain fur trade during the 1830s. More than a histor… OL1690143W
Photo odyssey Photo odyssey Arlene B. Hirschfelder Describes the life of Carvalho, a Jewish photographer who accompanied John Charles Fremont on his last expedition to the West. OL18166378W
West-fever West-fever Brian W. Dippie Published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary year of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles, California, this book explores the mythical and factual West through the art, artifacts … OL1855842W
Wagon train Wagon train Sydelle Kramer Follows a wagon trail to California in 1848 as hundreds of pioneers endure great hardships while traveling 2,000 miles of wilderness. OL1869373W
Jedediah Smith Jedediah Smith Sharlene Nelson Discusses the life and work of Jedediah Smith, an explorer of the American West and leader of mountain men. OL1917386W
Exploring the frontier Exploring the frontier C. Carter Smith Describes and illustrates the exploration of the American frontier from 1776 to the late nineteenth century, through a variety of images created during that period. OL19704116W
Charlie's trail Charlie's trail Gayle Corbett Shirley Discusses the life and work of Charles Russell, painter, sculptor, cowboy, and storyteller from Montana. OL1981732W
The red and the white The red and the white Andrew R. Graybill Award-winning western historian Andrew R. Graybill ... sheds light on the overlooked interracial Native-white relationships critical in the development of the trans-Mississippi West in this multigene… OL19972175W
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
Museums and historic sites of the American West Museums and historic sites of the American West Victor J. Danilov "The early American West has taken on mythic proportions, coming to be regarded as a time and place unlike any other. In Historic Sites and Museums of the Old West, Victor J. Danilov examines both th… OL2666136W
The deadliest outlaws The deadliest outlaws Jeffrey Burton THE DEADLIEST OUTLAWS by Jeffrey Burton is a well researched, acccurate and detailed history of one of the worst outlaw gangs in the west led by Thomas Edward Ketchum. The gang was called the "Black… OL3516816W
Zebulon Pike 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
Frontier women who helped shape the American West Frontier women who helped shape the American West Ryan P. Randolph Describes the lives of some women who became known during the western expansion in nineteenth century America. OL5713371W
Wild Bill Hickok Wild Bill Hickok Larissa Phillips,Tracie Egan Profiles the life and exploits of William Hickok, the legendary Western sharpshooter known as Wild Bill. OL5754235W
Barbed Wire Barbed Wire Olivier Razac "No less than the internal combustion engine, the transistor, or the silicon chip, barbed wire is the quintessentially modern invention. Cheap and mass produced, it accomplished what no other product… OL6012450W
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