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A soldier-author's view of the American frontier The history of the expansion of the frontier of America is particularly marked by the famous-perhaps legendary-trails upon which pioneers in their 'prairie schooners' or cattlemen driving their great herds crossed the vast continental interior. All roads tell their own stories, not by virtue of being routes of passage, but because of the personalities of those who travelled them and the events that...
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Mormon elders in the town of Cottonwoods pressure the widow Jane Withersteen to remarry so that her lands and herds will remain in their control. Gradually they frighten away most of her cowboys, and rustlers steal away her cattle, but the gunfighter Lassiter stands by her as the inevitable confrontation draws near.
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1963
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Beyond the wide Missouri lay the prairie - "the biggest clearing on the Almighty's footstool." And every few hundred miles, holding to the rivers and wooded bottoms, were the outposts of the white civilization - the military forts of the U.S. Army. Father, mother and comforter to the settlers, trading points for the trappers and buffalo hunters, rallying points for the scouts.
Awaiting the reader of this sentimental journey into the days of "Boots...
7) The cowboys
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[1973]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 10
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Drawings, rare photographs, personal anecdotes, and other forms of memorabilia convey the true nature of the American cowboy and his work
8) The Indians
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Lavishly illustrated account of the lives, religion, customs, sports, homes, horses and history of the Indian tribes of the American West.
10) The soldiers
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Pictorial survey of the U.S. Army soldier's daily life in the early West, his Indian wars, Custer's last stand, etc.
12) The expressmen
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Examines the operations of the Pony Express and freight and stagecoach lines and discusses their importance to the development of the West.
13) The forty-niners
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An account of the California gold rush of 1849, illustrated with contemporary photographs and paintings.
14) The pioneers
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[1974]
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An account of the westward movement of the pioneers which began in 1841, lavishly illustrated with contemporary paintings and photographs.
15) The great chiefs
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Recounts the lives and deeds of Sitting Bull, Cochise, Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and other Indian leaders and discusses their history, customs, and daily life of many of the Indian tribes including the Kiowas, Apache, and Shoshoni.
16) The rivermen
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Old West volume no. 12
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Traces the history of transportation on the Missouri River in the nineteenth century and its impact on the development of the West.
17) The Texans
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[1975]
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Text and numerous illustrations trace the history of Texas during the nineteenth century.
18) The townsmen
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Surveys the establishment and development of towns in the early American West and discusses daily life, recreation, culture, business and government there.
19) The chroniclers
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Discusses the painters, photographers, journalists, and other writers who recorded their observations of life in the old West.
20) The loggers
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Examines the lives of loggers in the early West, with discussions of working conditions, lumbering methods, and life in lumber camps and towns.
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