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Author
Series
Arizona trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Golden West Publishers
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know : How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman--and was he African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman bandit" and one...
Author
Series
Wild West collection volume 4
Publisher
Arizona Dept. of Transportation
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A riveting history of the American West told for the first time through the pioneering women who used the challenges of migration and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights, and transformed the country in the process. Between 1840 and 1910, over half a million men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, the vast lands that extended from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean. Survival in this uncharted region...
11) Johnny Appleseed
Series
Publisher
Playhouse Video
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of John Chapman who brought the Bible and apple trees to frontier Ohio.
13) Johnny Appleseed
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Johnny Appleseed, the American legend, who traveled the frontier wearing a burlap sack, sporting a pot for a hat, and carrying a pouch full of apple seeds.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Historian Wallis has spent several years re-creating the rich, anecdotal saga of Billy the Kid (1859-1881), a deeply mythologized young man who became a legend in his own time and yet remains an enigma to this day. With the Gilded Age in full swing and the Industrial Revolution reshaping the American landscape, "the Kid, " who was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the New Mexico Territory at the age of 21, became a new breed of celebrity outlaw....
Series
Pioneer life for children volume 1
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Learn about daily life in the pioneer communities like trading posts and sodhouses that sprang up in the western territories of the United States during the 1800s. Also see how geography affected the economy and settlement patterns. Features reenactments, journal entries, and historic imagery.
Publisher
Marshall Pub. and Promotions
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
2 documentary programs. The Oregon Trail is an account of America's longest and most famous pioneer trail, covering the reasons for going, the landscape crossed, and the experience as described in immigrants' diaries. The Pony Express describes the gamble that bankrupted the men who started it, and lasted only 19 months, but made a legend of its riders and provided a vital link between California and the Northern states at the start of the Civil War....
