What was the Wild West? /

Presents the history of the Wild West, covering pioneers, business people, scouts, lawmen, outlaws, gangs, gunslingers, and cowboys.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pascal, Janet B
Group Author: Marchesi, Stephen
Published: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: What was--?
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Summary: Presents the history of the Wild West, covering pioneers, business people, scouts, lawmen, outlaws, gangs, gunslingers, and cowboys.
Carrier Form: 106 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 106).
ISBN: 9780399544248 (paperback) :
0399544240 (paperback)
9781536408126
1536408123
9780606397759
0606397752
9781518239151
1518239153
Index Number: F591
CLC: K712.9-49
Call Number: K712.9-49/P278
Contents: What was the Wild West? -- The frontier -- Log cabin pioneers -- The Oregon Trail -- Home on the Range -- Shoot-outs on the prairie -- The end of the buffalo -- Gold fever and boomtowns -- Ghost towns -- Stolen lands -- Homesteads -- Proving a claim -- The closing of the frontier -- Timelines.