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1) The Spanish West

Author

Time-Life Books

Publisher

Time-Life Books

Language

English

Formats

Book, Non-Circulating Item

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Discusses the land, history, and people of the Southwestern United States.

2) The railroad

Author

Kalman, Bobbie

Series

Life in the Old West

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Describes the development of the railroad in North America and its influence on the settling of the West during the nineteenth century.

3) Blood and thunder: an epic of the American West

Author

Sides, Hampton

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD, Non-Circulating Item

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Examines America's westward expansion, describing the forcible subjugation of Native American tribes, including the fierce battles against the Navajo which ended with a brutal siege at Canyon de Chelly and "the Long Walk" migration.

4) Dances with wolves

Author

Blake, Michael

Series

Dances With Wolves
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Language

English

Formats

Book, DVD, Local Library Checkout Only

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A story of John J. Dunbar, a young cavalry lieutenant who finds himself at the edge of the American frontier in the year 1863.

5) Philip Sheridan: Union general

Author

Balcavage, Dynise

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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BIOGRAPHY OF PHILIP SHERIDAN, UNION GENERAL

6) The split history of westward expansion in the United States, American Indian perspective

Author

Musolf, Nell

Series

Perspectives flip book

Publisher

Compass Point Books

Pub. Date

c2013

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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"Describes the opposing viewpoints of the American Indians and settlers during the westward expansion"--Provided by publisher.

7) Jesse James: last rebel of the Civil War

Author

Stiles, T. J

Language

English

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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...