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1) Texas and the far west

Author

Stefoff, Rebecca

Pub. Date

c2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

48 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

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Details the American expansion into Texas and the far west from the late eighteenth- to the mid-nineteenth century, including information on the Oregon Trail, the war with Mexico, and the California gold rush.

2) Fort life

Author

Kalman, Bobbie

Series

Historic communities

Pub. Date

c1994

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

3) Westward ho!: the story of the pioneers

Author

Penner, Lucille Recht

Series

Picture landmark books

Pub. Date

1997

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

39 p. ; cm.

Description

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Depicts the settlement of the American west during the 1800s.

4) Bad guys: true stories of legendary gunslingers, sidewinders, fourflushers, drygulchers, bushwhackers, freebooters, and downright bad guys and gals of the Wild West

Author

Glass, Andrew

Pub. Date

c1998

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Description

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Relates the exploits of several famous outlaws in frontier America such as Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Doc Holliday.

5) Cowboys of the wild West

Author

Freedman, Russell

Pub. Date

c1985

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2

Physical Desc

103 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

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Describes, in text and illustrations, the duties, clothes, equipment, and day-to-day life of the cowboys who flourished in the west from the 1860's to the 1890's.

6) The inheritance

Author

Alexander, Tamera

Series

Women of faith fiction

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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An unexpected inheritance. An unknown future. An unending love. Determined to tame her younger brother's rebellious streak, McKenna Ashford accepts her cousin's invitation to move west, and to begin again. But she quickly discovers that life in Copper Creek, Colorado, is far from what she expected. Shouldering burdens beyond her years, McKenna tries to be the parent Robert needs, instead of the older sister he resents. But an "untimely inheritance"...

7) Mississippi mud: three prairie journals

Author

Turner, Ann Warren

Pub. Date

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Description

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Poems reflecting the points of view of three pioneer children describe their family's journey from Kentucky to Oregon.

8) World Book looks at the American West

Pub. Date

c1997

Physical Desc

64 p. : col. ill.

9) Covered wagons: hands-on projects about America's westward expansion

Author

Quasha, Jennifer

Series

Great social studies projects

Pub. Date

2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Description

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Briefly discusses American westward expansion in the 1800s, with related projects and activities, such as making a small covered wagon, flatboat house, trail journal, and lantern.

10) The red well: a western trio

Author

Brand, Max

Formats

Book, eBook, Large Print

Description

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"In three novellas, young men who have started to build bad reputations for themselves turn their lives around when they defend the innocent and bring down bad men"--

11) The great railroad race: the diary of Libby West

Author

Gregory, Kristiana

Series

Dear America

Pub. Date

1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5

Physical Desc

203, [3] pages : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Description

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As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the railroad in the West in 1868.

12) Welcome to Kirsten's world, 1854: growing up in pioneer America

Author

Sinnott, Susan

Series

American Girl library

Pub. Date

c1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

58 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 x 31 cm.

Description

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Presents a look at daily life in pioneer America during the 1850s by following a family that emigrates from Sweden to Minnesota.

13) Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West

Author

Knowlton, Christopher

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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Describes the truth of how the West rose and fell, and how its legacy defines us today.

14) Pioneer life in the American West

Author

Steele, Christy

Series

America's westward expansion

Pub. Date

2005

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 2

Physical Desc

48 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

15) Wild Bill: the true story of the American frontier's first gunfighter

Author

Clavin, Thomas

Pub. Date

2019

Physical Desc

320 pages ; 24 cm.

16) Great Women of the Old West

Author

Alter, Judy

Pub. Date

2001

Physical Desc

48 p. : col. ill.

17) Guns of the American West

Author

Rosa, Joseph G

Pub. Date

1988, c1985

Physical Desc

192 p. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm.

18) Westward to home: Joshua's diary

Author

Hermes, Patricia

Series

My America volume 1

Pub. Date

2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

108 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

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In 1848, nine-year-old Joshua Martin McCullough writes a journal of his family's journey from Missouri to Oregon in a covered wagon. Includes a historical note about westward migration.

19) Famous wagon trails

Author

Steele, Christy

Series

America's westward expansion

Pub. Date

2005

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps. ; 25 cm.

20) Buffalo Bill Cody: the man behind the legend

Author

Carter, Robert A

Pub. Date

2000

Physical Desc

496 p.

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1) Texas and the far west

2) Fort life

3) Westward ho!: the story of the pioneers

4) Bad guys: true stories of legendary gunslingers, sidewinders, fourflushers, drygulchers, bushwhackers, freebooters, and downright bad guys and gals of the Wild West

5) Cowboys of the wild West

6) The inheritance

7) Mississippi mud: three prairie journals

8) World Book looks at the American West

9) Covered wagons: hands-on projects about America's westward expansion

10) The red well: a western trio

11) The great railroad race: the diary of Libby West

12) Welcome to Kirsten's world, 1854: growing up in pioneer America

13) Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West

14) Pioneer life in the American West

15) Wild Bill: the true story of the American frontier's first gunfighter

16) Great Women of the Old West

17) Guns of the American West

18) Westward to home: Joshua's diary

19) Famous wagon trails

20) Buffalo Bill Cody: the man behind the legend

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