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Language
English
Description
ere is a myth-shattering look at the women who helped to settle the West, told through their own words and illustrated with 150 period photographs. Through diaries, memoirs, letters, and journals, "Women of the West" introduces 11 real frontier women whose words combine to recreate a place and time when resourcefulness and courage were demanded of everyone. 146 photos.
5) Cowboys
Author
Publisher
Rourke Publications
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Describes the development of cattle ranches and the day-to-day life and work of the cowboy.
10) This ol' drought ain't broke us yet (but we're all bent pretty bad): stories of the American West
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Series
Publisher
Orion Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Though a member of the Oglala Sioux, Red Cloud, participated in much of the Sioux resistance against the U.S. Government throughout the 19th century. Though ultimately unsuccessful, he will be remembered as a noble symbol of resistance of an oppressed minority fighting for what they know is right and just.
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Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Collected nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and occasional writings from thirty-four women who published during the settlement years of the American frontier. Framed by biographical and historical introductions by Susan Cummins Miller, the selections focus on women's experiences and address such issues as isolation, drudgery, frustration, mourning, and mysticism"--Provided by publisher.
17) Ten Texas feuds
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Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
"For twenty years, grassroots historian C.L. Sonnichsen went door to door through the backcountry of east and south-central Texas to coax tales from reluctant informants and peruse county documents on the colorful feuds that bloodied the state's early history. Dale L. Walker, Sonnichsen's biographer, sketches the author's life, historical craft, and publishing and teaching career."--Jacket.
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Series
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Provides the first detailed analysis of the four mining and milling communities at the center of the twentieth-century uranium booms: Moab, Utah; Grants, New Mexico; Uravan, Colorado; and Jeffrey City, Wyoming.
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