In the late 1800s while on a cattle drive which takes him north from Texas, seventeen-year-old Wylie learns that it is no longer necessary to run from the father he never knew.
Eighteen-year-old Callie Wade, along with her father, brother, and sister Rose, set off from Independence, Missouri in 1859 as part of a wagon train headed for California, and experience loss, hope, and love along the way.
Explores the nature of the white settlers of the Western frontier borderlands during the Revolutionary War era, arguing that the battles waged between whites and Native Americans played a key role in the quest for independence, but also set the stage for an ongoing tradition of racial intolerance in the U.S.
A young boy keeps a journal describing his family's five-month journey across country in a covered wagon. Each entry includes a game, recipe, or other related activity.
This book describes the life of Calamity Jane, who had positive opinions of the things that a girl could enjoy and who gained a reputation for daring horsemanship and skill as a rifle shot.
A brief history of Lewis and Clark's journey to the Pacific in the early 1800s, the Native peoples they encountered, and important discoveries along the way.
Presents a brief biography of Zebulon Pike, soldier and explorer of the American west, provides information oh his childhood, his education, and his expeditions in the Rocky Mountains.
Presents information on the first units of U.S military that were composed exclusively of African-Americans, called Buffalo Soldiers, that patrolled the frontiers of the Southwest.
