Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Live through this Live through this Debra Gwartney "Live Through This"--as emotionally wrenching and ultimately redemptive as David Sheff 's "Beautiful Boy"--follows Gwartney's frantic effort to recover her beautiful, intelligent daughters from their… OL11903913W
Wild West days Wild West days King, David C. Discusses what life was like for the people who settled the West between 1870 and 1900, follows a year in the life of a fictional family of that time, and presents projects and activities, such as de… OL14855437W
Working the land Working the land Sandra Schackel Helen Tiegs didn't take to driving a tractor when she became a farmer's wife, but after fifty years she considers herself the hub of the family operation. Lila Hill taught piano, then ultimately took… OL15917112W
Growing up Western Growing up Western Clarus Backes Seven well-known Western writers describe their experiences growing up in the West in the early part of the twentieth century. OL18888028W
Riding on a range Riding on a range G. Lawson Drinkard Provides information about what life is like for cowboys today, as well as in the past, introduces cowboy lingo and poetry, and gives ideas for how to experience some aspects of cowboy life. OL1981642W
Ankle high and knee deep Ankle high and knee deep Gail L. Fiorini-Jenner "Colicky horses, trucks high-centered in pastures, late nights spent in barns birthing calves--the trials and tribulations of farm and ranch life are as central to its experience as amber waves of gr… OL23185365W
Tony and the cows Tony and the cows Baker, Will 121 p. ; 24 cm OL4287183W
The Negro cowboys The Negro cowboys Philip Durham Relates the little known history of the Negro cowboys who played an integral part in the building of the American West. OL5592614W
A remarkable curiosity A remarkable curiosity Amos J. Cummings "In 1873, Amos Jay Cummings, a decorated Civil War veteran and journalist for the New York Sun newspaper, set out on a westward journey aboard the newly completed transcontinental railroad. For some … OL5844541W
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
The Cowboy The Cowboy Philip Ashton Rollins Philip Ashton Rollins's remarkable book is perhaps the most accurate and detailed description of the real-life American cowboy ever written. Here he describes the beginnings of ranching in America, a… OL8448527W