Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
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How the West Was Won (Louis l’Amour’s Lost Treasures)
$8.99 Add to cartAs part of the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials
They came by river and by wagon train, braving the endless distances of the Great Plains and the- Series: Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures
- Author: L’Amour, Louis
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 26 2017
- ISBN10: 0425286096
- Language: English
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Galloping Gourmet: Eating and Drinking with Buffalo Bill
$24.95 Add to cartGalloping Gourmet explores an unfamiliar side of a familiar character in American history, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody. In this entertaining narrative Steve Friesen explores the evolving role of ea… [more below]
- Author: Friesen, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496236807
- Language: English
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Boudoirs to Brothels: The Intimate World of Wild West Women
$14.95 Add to cartCome peek between the covers for an intimate look at the lives of women of the Old West. Once “fallen” or widowed, a woman had few options and almost none that were socially acceptable. Many turned to… [more below]
- Author: Rutter, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 189
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 1560376007
- Language: English
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Cowboys
$5.99 Add to cartLearn all about the day-to-day life of a cowboy in the Old West, from round-ups and trail drives to meals around the campfire and nights under the stars.
- Series: All Aboard Books (Paperback)
- Author: Penner, Lucille Recht
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 19 1996
- ISBN10: 044840947X
- Language: English
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Frontier Terror: Murder, Lynching, and Vigilantes in the Old West
$36.33 Add to cartAuthor Michael Rutter examines the growing pains of the American West through the lens of vigilantes, outlaws, mob violence, and lynchings that occurred between 1840 and 1920, proving that oftentimes
- Author: Rutter, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493067729
- Language: English
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End of the Drive
$8.99 Add to cartA veteran trail driver, who has survived thundering stampedes and Comanche raids, discovers there’s nothing so dangerous as courting a beautiful woman. A brutally beaten homesteader crawls off to die-… [more below]
- Series: Sacketts #7
- Author: L’Amour, Louis
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 02 1998
- ISBN10: 0553578987
- Language: English
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The Tragic Trip of the Donner Party
$8.99 Read moreIn the spring of 1846, the Donner and Reed families joined a wagon train bound for California in hopes of a better life. But when the party took an untested shortcut, it set them down a tragic path. A… [more below]
- Series: Deadly Expeditions
- Author: Micklos Jr, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1666390658
- Language: English
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Famous Gunfighters of the Western Frontier: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Luke Short and Others
$9.95 Read moreA legendary lawman, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, and newspaper columnist, Bat Masterson served as sheriff of Ford County, Kansas, ruled Dodge City, and became an eyewitness to the heyday of the Old… [more below]
- Author: Masterson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 26 2009
- ISBN10: 0486470148
- Language: English
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National Geographic the Old West
$49.99 Add to cartThis definitive history of the American West is full of legendary tales of tragedy and triumph, from Lewis and Clark’s epic 1803 expedition to the showmanship of Buffalo Bill. Lavishly illustrated wit… [more below]
- Author: Hyslop, Stephen G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 03 2015
- ISBN10: 142621555X
- Language: English
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Going Along the Emigrant Trails
$14.95 Read moreChildren ages 8 to 12 can learn about the journeys of emigrants who traveled 2,000 miles across mountains and prairies to start new lives. From 1851 to the mid-1860s, nearly 350,000 Americans traveled… [more below]
- Series: Farcountry Explorer Book
- Author: Fifer, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1560373547
- Language: English
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What Was the Wild West?
$7.99 Add to cartSaddle up and get ready for a ride back into the wild and wooly past of the American West.
The west was at its wildest from 1865 to 1895, when territories west of the Mississippi River remained untame- Series: What Was?
- Author: Pascal, Janet B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 25 2017
- ISBN10: 0399544240
- Language: English
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Tucket’s Travels: Francis Tucket’s Adventures in the West, 1847-1849 (Books 1-5)
$10.99 Add to cartFourteen-year-old Francis is heading west in a wagon train on the Oregon Trail when he s kidnapped by Pawnees. His adventures during the two-year search for his family teach him how to live by the har… [more below]
- Series: Francis Tucket Books
- Author: Paulsen, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: September 09 2003
- ISBN10: 0440419670
- Language: English
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Cowboys and Cowgirls: Yippee-Yay!
$9.99 Add to cartGrab your wide-brimmed hat, chaps, and spurs — Learn all about cowboys and cowgirls with favorite nonfiction author and illustrator Gail Gibbons as your guide!
In words and pictures, Gail Gibbons cap- Author: Gibbons, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0316168599
- Language: English
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Outlaw Tales of the Old West: Fifty True Stories of Desperados, Crooks, Criminals, and Bandits
$18.95 Add to cartOutlaws Tales of the Old West features fifty stories of rustlers and robbers, crimes of passion, and some of the wannabe outlaws who couldn’t quite pull it off, some of the most fascinating–and least… [more below]
- Author: Turner, Erin H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: June 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1493023284
- Language: English
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First Telegraph Line Across the Continent: Charles Brown’s 1861 Diary
$14.95 Add to cart2012 Nebraska Book Award: Cover/Design/Illustration
The transcontinental telegraph was a remarkable technological feat that had major consequences for the West and the nation as a whole. Yet relatively
- Author: Mihelich, Dennis N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 133
- Publish Date: August 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0933307322
- Language: English
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After Lewis and Clark: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific
$21.95 Add to cartIn 1807, a year after Lewis and Clark returned from the shores of the Pacific, groups of trappers and hunters began to drift West to tap the rich stocks of beaver and to trade with the Native nations…. [more below]
- Author: Utley, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 426
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0803295642
- Language: English
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Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody: Plainsmen of the Legendary West
$39.50 Add to cartTwo soldiers, scouts, and showmen who left a lasting legacy, Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody. Author Bill Markley offers a thoughtful and entertaining examination of these legendary lives in th
- Author: Markley, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 502
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1493048422
- Language: English
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Badasses of the Old West: True Stories Of Outlaws On The Edge
$16.95 Add to cartTrue stories of outlaws on the edge. The worst (and best) of the robbers, rustlers, and bandits who shaped the history of the Wild West.
- Author: Turner, Erin H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 18 2009
- ISBN10: 0762754664
- Language: English
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Hearts West: True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the Frontier
$12.95 Add to cartHearts West includes more than a dozen stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits. Accompanying the text are actual advertisements placed by both women seeking husbands and men seeking… [more below]
- Author: Enss, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 01 2005
- ISBN10: 076272756X
- Language: English
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Best of Covered Wagon Women
$21.95 Add to cartThe diaries and letters of women who braved the overland trails during the great nineteenth-century westward migration are treasured documents in the study of the American West. These eight firsthand … [more below]
- Author: Holmes, Kenneth L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0806139145
- Language: English
