west (u.s.)

A reprint of the 1859 text which provides information and advice to pioneers bound for the western frontier. Includes a map, illustrations, and itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific.

Tells the story of Pedro Pavon, a Spanish nobleman, who was held captive by Comanche Indians. This fictional creation was inspired by the true story of a nine-year-old Mexican boy who was abducted in 1810 by a Comanche raiding party, and for the next nineteen years was raised as a Comanche.

Brief biographies of the "Wild West's" most colorful gamblers, with information on the atmosphere that fostered gambling as a form of entertainment.

Readers will learn why the Santa Fe Trail was created, how pioneers successfully journeyed across it, and why it was so important to the development of the United States.

"The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country, it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop, two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils while surveilling, deceiving, and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to survive a summer in the West to win a bet against his arch-rival, William has joined world-renowned paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition. But when the paranoid and secretive Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesis, Edwin Drinker Cope, he abandons him in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a locus of crime and vice. William is forced to join forces with Cope and soon stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. With this extraordinary treasure, however, comes exceptional danger, and William's newfound resilience will be tested in his struggle to protect his cache, which pits him against some of the West's most notorious characters."--.

Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, wakes from a nap to hear that his bird friend, Madame Moonshine, is in danger of being eaten by Pete the Barncat.

Conagher, a drifter who is waging a personal war against a murderous band of rustlers, is forced to look for help from Evie Teale, a lone woman who is fighting her own battle with the elements, the Indians, and the thieves.

Bowdrie, A Texas Ranger, rides in the name of justice, but he lives by his own law.