Wild West / written by Stuart Murray.
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Details
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Description
- 63 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm.
- Series
- Eyewitness books
- DK eyewitness books.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Summary
- Brief text and color illustrations chronicle the history of the American West, from the adventures of Lewis and Clark to the massacre at Wounded Knee.
- Contents
- Western wilderness -- Spirit of Native America -- Daily life in Native America -- Explorers -- Across the Appalachians -- Pushing westward -- Trappers and mountain men -- Life on the river -- Spanish west -- Struggle for the southwest -- Miners -- Moving west -- Homesteading on government land -- Pony express -- Stagecoaches -- Railroads span the continent -- Frontier melting pot -- Cavalrymen -- Indian wars-a century of struggle -- Outlaws and lawmen -- Boom towns -- Good doctors and snake oil salesmen -- Cowboy's life -- Farming the west -- West in legend.
- Subject
- West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848 -- Juvenile literature.
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860 -- Juvenile literature.
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Juvenile literature.
- West (U.S.) -- History.