west (u.s.)

Contains nine short stories of pioneer frontier life by the ninteenth-century American writer.

On a cattle drive in the desert on the night before Cowboy Ned's birthday, his horse Andy goes in search of a birthday cake, which he thinks will make Ned's birthday complete.

Discover fascinating facts aobut African influence in the U.S. West.

The story of a soft-spoken cowboy who lived and worked in Wyoming in the late 1800s.

Seventeen-year-old Mattie leaves her sister Ivy in Last Chance, California, and disguises herself as a boy in order to get a job with the Pony Express, finding adventure, facing danger, and falling in love.

During the summer of 1916 thirteen-year-old Fayette and her brother accompany their widowed mother on a mule trip into the California mountains, where she is to establish library outposts in isolated communities.

Examines the experiences of the cowboys, Native Americans, settlers, and soldiers and their contrasting opinions of the frontier lifestyle.

Describes the contributions made by African-American cowboys during the cattleman era of the West.