Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Book

Author:

Murray, Stuart, 1948-

Title:

Wild West / written by Stuart Murray.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publisher, Date:

London ; New York : DK, 2005.

Description:

69 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.

Summary:

Brief text and color illustrations chronicle the history of the American West, from the adventures of Lewis and Clark to the massacre at Wounded Knee.

Series:

Eyewitness books

Eyewitness books.

Subjects:

West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848 -- Juvenile literature.

West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860 -- Juvenile literature.

West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Juvenile literature.

Other Author:

Smithsonian Institution.

Other Title:

Eyewitness Wild West

Notes:

At head of title: Eyewitness.

"In association with the Smithsonian Institution."

"Discover the saga of the American West-- from the journey of Lewis and Clark to the massacre at Wounded Knee"--Cover.

Includes index.

Contents:

The Western wilderness -- The spirit of Native American -- Daily life in Native America -- The explorers -- Across the Appalachians -- Pushing westward -- The trappers and mountain men -- Life on the river -- The Spanish West -- Struggle for the Southwest -- The miners -- Moving West -- Homesteading on government land -- The Pony Express -- Stagecoaches -- Railroads span the continent -- Frontier melting pot -- The cavalrymen -- Indian wars -- a century of struggle -- Outlaws and lawmen -- Boom towns -- Good doctors and snake oil salesmen -- A cowboy's life -- Farming the West -- The West in legend -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index.

LCCN:

* 2001028156

ISBN:

9780756610982

9780756610975

0756610982 (lib. bdg.)

0756610974 (trade bdg.)

Other Number:

58835106

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

154835

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# System items in:

1

Call Number:

j 978 Murray