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1) Missouri!
Author
Series
Wagons West. Main series volume 14
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
1985, c1984
Language
English
Description
Steamboats travel the Missouri River with new settlers. Toby Holt, a young army cadet, and loyal Chief Running Bear challenge outlaws and Indians along the river's banks, and a growing nation fights for its future as settlers continue westward.
Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Between 1803 and 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark co-captained the most famous expedition in American history. But, while Lewis ended his life just three years later, Clark, as the highest-ranking Federal official in the West, spent three decades overseeing its consequences: Indian removal and the destruction of Native America. In a rare combination of storytelling and scholarship, best-selling author Landon Y. Jones presents for the first...
Author
Publisher
TwoDot
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The story of conflict on the Santa Fe Trail during its heyday-the years leading up to the Civil War. The clashes between the Jicarilla and the U.S. Army shaped the story of Western expansion, influenced Indian policy for the rest of the century, and played a part in the Mexican-America War. Men like the legendary Kit Carson were at the heart of the events
Author
Language
English
Description
Stripped of the familiar myths surrounding him, [in this book, Jesse] James emerges a far more significant figure: ruthless, purposeful, intensely political; a man who, in the midst of his crimes and notoriety, made himself a spokesman for the renewal of the Confederate cause during the bitter decade that followed Appomattox ... account of his life, he emerges as far more complicated. Raised in a fiercely pro-slavery atmosphere in bitterly divided...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Free Anderson's days as a soldier may be over, but his war is just beginning. An enemy stalks him, waiting to exact vengeance. Now framed and set to hang in Texas, Free is aided by a friend from his army days. Together again on the trail of Free's accuser, the two men encounter such towering figures as Wild Bill Hickok and General Custer.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An account of the ecological and historical impact of a series of Mississippi River Valley earthquakes in 1811 and 1812 documents how towns were destroyed and political loyalties were altered, changing the course of the War of 1812.
Author
Publisher
PublishNation LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Tucker has masterfully inked a compelling tribute to a woman" named Cathy Williams. Prince George's Sentinel, Maryland The unforgettable true story of Cathy Williams, the first and only female Buffalo Soldier in history, is timeless and important on many levels. Cathy's personal odyssey has provided us with a host of valid life lessons about what it takes to succeed in life then and today - perseverance, ingenuity, willpower, and determination. Most...
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