West (U.S.) - History
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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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The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the West, Revised Edition
$26.95 Add to cartOriginally published in 1967, William H. Leckie’s The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of African American units in the conquest of the West. Decades later, … [more below]
- Author: Leckie, William H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0806138408
- Language: English
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War Party
$6.99 Read moreBud Miles was a boy when he crossed the Mississippi. But Bud buried his father after an Indian attack, and as the wagon train pushed on through Sioux country, the boy stood as tall as any man. . . .
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- Author: L’Amour, Louis
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: August 01 1982
- ISBN10: 055325393X
- Language: English
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Guns of the Old West: An Illustrated History
$29.95 Read moreIn the remote parts of America’s Western territories during much of the 1800s, law and order was overextended or even nonexistent. Guns were used by some, such as hunters and settlers, for self-protec
- Author: Boorman, Dean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 149307864X
- Language: English
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Into the West: Causes and Effects of U.S. Westward Expansion
$8.99 Read moreGold fever Free land A chance to start a new life In the 1800s, many Americans heard the call of the West. But how did the mass movement start? And how would it change the United States? This nonfi… [more below]
- Series: Fact Finders: Cause and Effect
- Author: Collins, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1476534039
- Language: English
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The American West: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPart geographical location, part time period, and part state of mind, the American West is a concept often invoked but rarely defined. Though popular culture has carved out a short and specific time a… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Aron, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 08 2015
- ISBN10: 0199858934
- Language: English
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No Place for a Woman: The Struggle for Suffrage in the Wild West
$31.58 Add to cartNo Place for a Woman explores the history of the fight for women’s rights in the West, examining the conditions that prevailed during the vast migration of pioneers looking for free land and opportuni… [more below]
- Author: Enss, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072412
- Language: English
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A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn – The Last Great Battle of the American West
$22.99 Read moreA rousing and meticulously researched account of the notorious Battle of Little Big Horn and its unforgettable cast of characters from Sitting Bull to Custer himself.
In June of 1876, on a desolate h- Author: Donovan, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0316067474
- Language: English
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Barbed Wire, Windmills, & Sixguns: A Book of Trivia, Fact, and Folklore About Westerns & The American West
$34.95 Add to cartSoftcover edition, also availabe in hardcover. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. This illustrated Old West trivia book is a must-have reference for western writers, reenactors, and dieha
- Author: Kirk, Donald K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 742
- Publish Date: December 15 2011
- ISBN10: 098017435X
- Language: English
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From the River to the Sea: The Untold Story of the Railroad War That Made the West
$19.99 Add to cart“Riveting…A great read, full of colorful characters and outrageous confrontations back when the west was still wild.” –George R.R. Martin
A propulsive and panoramic history of one of the most drama- Author: Sedgwick, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1982104295
- Language: English
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Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West
$32.00 Add to cart*WINNER OF THE WOMEN WRITING THE WEST 2023 WILLA LITERARY AWARD*
Brave Hearted is not just history, it is an incredibly intense page-turning experience. To read what these women endured is to be transp
- Author: Hickman, Katie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1954118171
- Language: English
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The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
$19.99 Add to cartFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History
A dramatic, riveting, and “fresh look at a region typically obscured in accounts of the Civil War. American history buffs will relish this entertaining and e- Author: Nelson, Megan Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1501152556
- Language: English
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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the “dean of Western writers” (The New York Times) and the Pulitzer Prize winning-author of Angle of Repose and Crossing to Safety, a fascinating look at the old American West and the man who pro
- Author: Stegner, Wallace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 01, 1992
- ISBN10: 0140159940
- Language: English
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Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier
$26.95 Add to cart“If only one book about women in the West were available, this certainly would be an appropriate choice.“–Westerners Bookshelf
Pioneer Women provides a rare look at frontier life through the eyes of- Series: Oklahoma Paperbacks Edition
- Author: Peavy, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0806130547
- Language: English
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True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America
$28.95 Add to cart“True West disentangles reality from centuries of myth and mystique.”
–HAMPTON SIDES, New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder
From the Northern Rockies to the Southwest deserts, Betsy G
- Author: Quammen, Betsy Gaines
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1948814919
- Language: English
