True Tales of the Wild West
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2002]
Format: Book
Description: 127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Shares ten stories featuring legendary places, events, and characters from the era of westward expansion.
Contents:
Big river : Lewis and Clark descend the Columbia (1805) -- No water : Jedediah Smith crosses the desert (1826) -- Independence Day : Narcissa and Eliza cross the Rockies (1836) -- I have found it! : James Marshall discovers gold (1848) -- Blood on the trail : the Grattan fight (1854) -- They're off! : first ride of the Pony Express (1860) -- A railroad to the moon : completion of the transcontinental railroad (1869) -- We shoot, we ride fast, we shoot again : the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876) -- Throw up your hands! : showdown in Tombstone (1881) -- Gold! gold! gold! : the Klondike stampede (1897).
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.) -- History -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.) -- History -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0792282183
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US Westward Wal | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-125) and index.