Erin H Turner
Author
Series
Publisher
TwoDot
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"It Happened on the Lewis and Clark Expedition features fascinating events from Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's 1803-1805 expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean and back, including the first democratic vote west of the Mississippi, the remarkable and unexpected reunion of their Indian guide Sacagawea with the clan brother she hadn't seen in years, the day they found a huge whale on the beach, and their discovery of Carolina parakeets--a...
Publisher
TwoDot
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
This is a collection of tales about the worst (and best) of the robbers, rustlers, and bandits who shaped the history of the Wild West. From the famous, such as the Wild Bunch and Wild Bill Hickock, to the lesser-known but still colorful and wicked Bud Stevens and Charles Brown, Badasses of the Old West compiles the stories of the most notorious black-hat wearers of a notorious age.
Author
Publisher
TwoDot
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the fight for women's rights in the West, examining the conditions that prevailed during the vast migration of pioneers looking for free land and opportunity on the frontier, the politics of the emerging Western territories at the end of the Civil War, and the changing social and economic conditions of the country recovering from war and on the brink of the Gilded Age; prominent figures include Esther Hobart Morris, Martha...