west (united states)

A revision of a 1964 biography of James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wild Bill, " drawing from materials held by Hickok family members to provide accurate information about the life and career of the legendary frontiersman.

Hank expects the worst after he inadvertently causes a stampede and is threatened with obedience school.

A brief biography of the nineteenth-century trapper, scout, and explorer who helped open the West to settlers.

Describes the crafts and skills of wilderness living and survival, featuring information on mountain man tools and materials, and providing illustrated instructions for making and/or using traps and trappings, clothing, weapons, hats, scrimshaw, pouches, scabbards, quillwork, tipis, eating utensils, and other items.

Uses photographs, text, and excerpts from historical journals to describe the different plants and flowers seen by members of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Traces the history of relations between African-Americans and Native Americans, as well as the blending of the two cultures through interracial marriage, from the earliest foreign landings through the pioneer days.