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4) Wild West
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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.
6) The pioneers
Author
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An account of the westward movement of the pioneers which began in 1841, lavishly illustrated with contemporary paintings and photographs.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Offers profiles of a collection of mountain men of the early nineteenth century--a group of adventurers who sought individual freedom and financial reward as beaver trappers in the Rocky Mountains--and discusses their contributions to the opening of the American West.
10) Spain and the Plains: myths and realities of Spanish exploration and settlement on the Great Plains
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Formats
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In all the sagas of human migration, few can top the drama of the journey by midwestern farmers to Oregon and California in the years 1840-49. Seeking the promised land, these travelers trekked two thousand miles by covered wagon from Missouri to their destinations on the Pacific coast. Although they used mountain men as guides, they went almost literally into the unknown, braving dangers from hunger, thirst, disease, drowning, and Native Americans....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For over thirty years, from the time of Lewis and Clark into the 1840s, the mountain men explored the Great American West. As trappers in a hostile, trackless land, their exploits opened the gates of the mountains for the wagon trains of pioneers who followed them. In Give Your Heart to the Hawks, Win Blevins presents a poetic tribute to these dauntless "first Westerners" and their incredible adventures. Here, among many, are the stories of:* John...
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Juan de Oñate (1552-1626) was born in Zacatecas, Mexico to Cristóbal and Doña Catalina de Salazar y de la Cadena de Oñate. Both of his parents were originally from Spain. Cristóbal was of Basque ancestry and Doña was from southern Spain. The de Önates were a wealthy and powerful family in Zacatecas and Juan used the family's prominence to his advantage. In 1598 Juan led a large expedition of settlers into the upper Rio Grande Valley of New...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Embracing an argument-based model for teaching history, Debating American History encourages students to participate in a contested, evidence-based discourse about the human past. The series rejects the idea of history as an undisputed narrative and instead presents the past as understood through the direct engagement with historical evidence. Each book poses a question that historians debate--How democratic was the U.S. constitution? or Why did...
20) The Spanish West
Author
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses the land, history, and people of the Southwestern United States.