west (united states)

Examines the exploration and settlement of the West through the experiences of settlers, gunfighters, cowboys, Indians, trailblazers, and soldiers.

Discusses the first settlements of the American West, the development of extensive pioneering, mining, and the cattle trade, aspects of pioneer life, and the effects of this new civilization on the West. Includes directions for making an Indian headdress and tent.

In 1848, nine-year-old Joshua Martin McCullough writes a journal of his family's journey from Missouri to Oregon in a covered wagon.

A portrait of frontier life on the Oregon Trail that puts the reader at the center of the action.

Seventeen-year-old Moses struggles to stay alive when he is left behind to keep watch over the belongings of his fellow travelers in a wagon train that has run into trouble with the onset of winter while journeying from Iowa to California in 1844.

Surveys the life of Nat Love, African American cowboy, reowned for his riding, roping, and sharpshooting.

"An account of several families and individuals making the long and often dangerous trek across the United States from Missouri to the West Coast in the 1800s"--Provided by publisher.