Visiting a re-creation of a frontier town where they enjoy numerous cowboy-themed activities, the Aldens are on the case when a saboteur commits dangerous pranks that threaten to ruin the Wild West show.
The Aldens are at Wildcat Crossing, a recreated frontier town full of cowboy fun! But when horses disappear and other pranks threaten to ruin the Wild West show, the Boxcar Children must find out who's the varmint causing all the trouble!.
Lucille Mulhall wasn't like most girls in the 1890s. She didn't give a lick about sewing or cooking or becoming a lady. Lucille had her heart set on roping and riding. At a time when most women couldn't vote or own property, she broke records and thrilled crowds with her daring acts. Soon cowboys, ranch hands, and folks all over the world cheered for the feisty and fearless girl cowboy.
Describes the rise and fall of Wild West shows and discusses the entertainment's legendary characters, including Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and Pawnee Bill.
Abandoned by her father, thirteen-year-old Caroline runs away to join Shawnee Sam's Wild West Extravaganza in the hope of learning more about her mother, a performer who died in childbirth and whose origins have been kept a secret from Caroline.
An illustrated biography of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, discussing her childhood in Ohio, her marriage and early career, and focusing on her seventeen years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
Discusses life in a Wild West show, including its origins, the show content, the performers, its relation to Native Americans, moving the show, daily life, and the death of the Wild West.
Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley and the beginnings of superstardom in America
McMurtry, Larry
2005
Presents a comprehensive biography of Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley, and chronicles their lives, the legends that surrounded them over the decades, and how they helped to shape the image of the old west.
On Christmas Eve, Sam and the members of his Wild West Show help a train full of people, robbed by outlaws who have just captured a very special holiday traveler in red.
