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American West (The)

a multicultural encyclopedia
1994

Calamity Jane

frontier original
1996
Biography of Calamity Jane, who lived in the Wild West, and was friends with Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody, and is best remembered as an independent woman who could ride, shoot, drink, and cuss with the toughest of men.

Great women of the Old West

2001
Examines the lives of some of the great women of the Old West, including Native Americans, African-Americans, Spanish settlers, and pioneers; and includes photographs and engravings, a glossary, listings of important dates and people, and an index.

Great women of pioneer America

2006
Presents biographical sketches of women from the period of westward expansion of the United States, including doctors, social reformers, and trailblazers.

The wounded buzzard on Christmas Eve

1999
Accompanying Slim and Little Alfred into town on a Christmas shopping trip, Hank and Drover run into a wounded buzzard and a gang of toughs so mean and heartless, it's a wonder they ever make it back to the ranch.

Lost in the dark unchanted forest

1991
Fearless Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, enters the "dark unchanted forest" to rescue his master's son from Sinister the bobcat.

Hank the Cowdog and murder in the middle pasture

1984
When a calf if murdered, Hank, a wiley cowdog and Head of Ranch Security, humorously and doggedly pursues a gang of wild dogs and a clan of coyotes to find the killer.

Lost in the blinded blizzard

1991
While battling a "blinded" blizzard to get cough syrup for Baby Mollie, fearless Hank charms Miss Beulah the Collie Dog, saves Slim and Drover from freezing, sings a love song about fleas, and outwits Pete the Barncat.

The original adventures of Hank the Cowdog

1999
Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes.

Spirit

stallion of the Cimarron
2002
An illustrated storybook based on the 2002 animated DreamWorks film about Spirit, a wild horse in the American West that leads the Cimarron herd, and never gives up its dream of freedom after being captured by the military.

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