| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
A note about the text -- John Richard Stephens -- Going west (introduction) -- Daniel Boone -- Claiming the Kentucky wilderness -- Lewis and Clark -- Sacagawea -- Sacagawea -- Red Hair and Long Knife -- Davy Crockett -- Brushes with death -- Black Hawk -- The Black Hawk War -- John C. Fremont -- Indians, buffalo, and Kit Carson -- John C. Fremont -- Kit Carson pursues horse thieves -- Kit Carson -- Chasing horse thieves -- Kit Carson -- Indian conflicts and the war in California -- John Sutter -- Discovering gold -- Buffalo Bill -- Riding for the Pony Express -- Mark Twain -- A black speck against the sky -- Mark Twain -- Smitten with the silver fever -- Jesse James -- Rebel guerrillas and bank robbers -- Cole Younger -- The disastrous Northfield Bank robbery -- Frank James -- Breaking off from my bohemian life -- George Armstrong Custer -- The massacre of some of Custer's men -- Buffalo Bill -- Custer and Little Bighorn -- Crazy Horse -- Crazy Horse's deathbed statement -- Sitting Bull -- Little Bighorn and Custer's death |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Sources.
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Frontier and pioneer life.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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West (U.S.) -- Biography.
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West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources.
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West United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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History.
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Sources.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stephens, John Richard, editor.
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| LC no. |
2016040656 |
| ISBN |
1493024426 |
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9781493024421 |
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