west (u.s.)

Examines what life was like during the Westward Expansion, exploring the clothing, schooling, family life, and more. Includes fact boxes, visuals, glossary, and index.

Katie, the Mustang, and the Kylers continue their journey west, joining forces with a traveling circus troupe, and making it as far as Fort Laramie where Katie discovers one of her letters to her Uncle Jack, undelivered.

Examines various types of dwellings in western Northern America during the nineteenth century, discussing their construction and design as well as the lives of the settlers who lived in them.

S. C. Gwynne?s Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.

This book describes pioneer families, including their journeys to the West, their work to settle new lands, and their willingness to help each other.

Describes Sacagawea, the Shoshone Native American who served as a guide on the Lewis and Clark expedition, her personal traits, her life, the clothes she wore, her contributions to the expedition, and the life of her son.

Describes the lives of some women who became known during the western expansion in nineteenth century America.

"Buffalo Bill was the founder and star of the legendary show that featured cowboys, Indians, trick riding, and sharpshooters. But long before stardom, Buffalo Bill-born Billy Cody-had to grow up fast. While homesteading in Kansas just before the Civil War, his family was caught up in the conflict with neighboring Missouri over whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free or slave state. To support his family after a pro-slaver killed his father, Billy-then eleven-herded cattle, worked on wagon trains, and rode the Pony Express. As the violence in Bleeding Kansas escalated, he joined the infamous Jayhawkers, seeking revenge on Missourians, and then became a soldier, scout, and spy in the Civil War-all by age seventeen"--Amazon.com.

Examines the life of outlaw Jesse James, discussing his train robberies, associates, pursuit by the Pinkertons, the Northfield disaster, assassination by Robert Ford, and other related topics.

A collection of ten true stories from the era of westward expansion.