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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 27
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English
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages. For this elegant thirtieth anniversary hardcover edition, Brown has contributed an incisive...
2) The rivermen
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Series
Old West volume no. 12
Language
English
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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.
3) The ranchers
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Series
Language
English
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Describes in text and illustrations the development of large ranches in the western plains, the impact of these establishments on the economy of the area, their organization, and some famous ranches and their owners.
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Publisher
Cloud Camp Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Between 1800 and 1920, an extraordinary cast of bold innovators and entrepreneurs--individuals such as Cyrus McCormick, Brigham Young, Henry Wells and James Fargo, Fred Harvey, Levi Strauss, Adolph Coors, J. P. Morgan, and Buffalo Bill Cody--helped lay the groundwork for what we now call the American West. They were people of imagination and courage, adept at maneuvering the rapids of change, alert to opportunity, persistent in their missions. They...
6) The Alaskans
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Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Language
English
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A pictorial history of Alaska, from its purchase by the United States in 1867 through 1912, chronicling the exploration of the wilderness, the discovery of gold, and the development of the whaling, fishing, and fur industries.
8) The gamblers
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Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Language
English
Description
"This volume ' examines the role of gambling on the American fronter: among the Indians, on the rivers, in the mining camps, and in the boom towns ... The book is packed with interesting anecdotes, and covers the race track and boxing ring, lotteries and steamboat racing, as well as all of the traditional card and table games. The text is arresting with well-placed illustrations.'" Libr J.
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Description
"The wild horse is so ingrained in the American imagination that even those who have never seen one know what it stands for: fierce independence, unbridled freedom, the bedrock ideals of the nation ... In Wild Horse Country, New York Times reporter David Philipps traces the rich history of wild horses in America and investigates the shocking dilemma they face in our own time. Here is the grand story of the horse: from its prehistoric debut in North...
Author
Publisher
TwoDot
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West's most egregiously badly behaved female outlaws, gamblers, soiled doves, and other wicked women by award-winning Western history author Chris Enss offers a glimpse into Western Women's experience that's less sunbonnets and more six-shooters. During the late nineteenth century, while men were settling the new frontier and rushing off to the latest boom towns, women of easy virtue found...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Dee Brown is most renowned for authoring the all-time bestselling book on the West, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", which has sold more than 5,000,000 copies in English and has had countless translations the world over. This was the first fully realized, sympathetic history of Native Americans and became an immediate classic.
Here, now, is "The American West", a brilliant account of America's most famous drama. By centering solely on three subjects,...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Western Writers of America Spur Awards Finalist, Best Western Historical Nonfiction
"A GROUNDBREAKING WORK. ... The first comprehensive history of the legendary transcontinental experiment in mail delivery in sixty years." -True West
"This rollicking account of the daring enterprise known as the Pony Express brings its era and its legendary characters to life." -San Francisco Chronicle
The new definitive history of the Pony Express by the #1 bestselling...
18) The scouts
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Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
[1978]
Language
English
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Discusses the lives and work of Indian and white scouts in the West in the early 20th century.
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Language
English
Description
"NO WOMEN NEED APPLY." These four discouraging words of admonition often greeted female physicians looking for jobs in the frontier-era West. Despite the dire need for medical help, it seemed most trappers, miners, and emigrants would rather suffer and die than be treated by a female doctor. Nevertheless dozens of highly trained women headed West, where they endured hardship and prejudice as they set broken limbs, performed operations, delivered generations...
20) The pioneers
Author
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
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An account of the westward movement of the pioneers which began in 1841, lavishly illustrated with contemporary paintings and photographs.