Which way to the Wild West? : everything your schoolbooks didn't tell you about America's westward expansion / by Steve Sheinkin ; illustrated by Tim Robinson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009.Edition: 1st Roaring Brook Press edDescription: 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781596433212
  • 1596433213
  • 9781596436268
  • 1596436263
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JUV E 179.5 .S54 2009
Contents:
How the west moved West -- Did someone say "manifest destiny"? -- War, land, gold, trouble -- Welcome to the Wild West -- Out of the way of the big engine -- Race you to Utah -- Cowboys vs. Farmers -- The road to Little Bighorn -- The end of the Wild West -- What ever happened to ...?
Summary: Presents the greatest adventures of America's Westward expansion, from the Louisiana Purchase and the gold rush to the Indian wars and life of the cowboy, as well as the everyday happenings that defined living on the frontier.
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Juvenile Book Storms Research Center Juvenile Collection JUV E 179.5 .S54 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 98648903

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index.

Presents the greatest adventures of America's Westward expansion, from the Louisiana Purchase and the gold rush to the Indian wars and life of the cowboy, as well as the everyday happenings that defined living on the frontier.

How the west moved West -- Did someone say "manifest destiny"? -- War, land, gold, trouble -- Welcome to the Wild West -- Out of the way of the big engine -- Race you to Utah -- Cowboys vs. Farmers -- The road to Little Bighorn -- The end of the Wild West -- What ever happened to ...?

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