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Language
English
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Folk tales and song lyrics of the Old West of the United States. Divided into parts: The Western brand, "Fresh Deal All Aroun", Queer Country, Westward Journey, Taming the West, "Law and Order, Ltd.", The Changing West, Western Story-Tellers, Western Songs and Ballads.
Author
Publisher
TwoDot
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"From the first bloody battles between mountain men and Indians to shootouts between famous gunslingers, this collection cuts to the chase of what draws people to the history and literature of the Wild West. Matthew Mayo, author of Western novels, takes the fifty wildest episodes in the region's history— including John Colter's harrowing escape from the Blackfeet, Hugh Glass's six-week crawl to civilisation after a grizzly attack, Custer's final...
12) This ol' drought ain't broke us yet (but we're all bent pretty bad): stories of the American West
Author
Series
Publisher
Orion Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
13) Folklore of the great West: selections from eighty-three years of the Journal of American folklore
Author
Publisher
American West Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1969]
Language
English
16) Star Boy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Relates the Blackfoot Indian legend in which Star Boy gains the Sun's forgiveness for his mother's disobedience and is allowed to return to the Sky World.