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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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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What was--?
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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. |