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Frontier and pioneer life

Jedediah Smith and the mountain men of the American West

John Logan Allen

Chronicles the exploits of the mountain men who opened many trails and passages through the American West in the early nineteenth century

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An American pioneer family

Mark Bergin, Robin May

Surveys the daily life of pionner families in the American West, describing their travel, homes, clothing, food and drink, health, education, religion, recreation, and relationships with each other

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Feather in the wind

Beverly Butler

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Wilderness clearing

Walter Dumaux Edmonds

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Winter Tidings

Kristiana Gregory

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Tucket's Gold

Gary Paulsen

Fifteen-year-old Francis and the two children he has adopted travel across the Old West, evade Comancheros, discover a treasure, and wind up rich beyond their wildest dreams.

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Women Pioneers

Rebecca Stefoff

Profiles nine women of various ethnic backgrounds who settled on the Western frontier, describing their challenges and achievements.

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Jesse James

Roger Bruns

Traces the life of the renowned bandit, from his childhood in Missouri, through his years as guerilla fighter and outlaw, exploring the development of his legend and the romanticization of his illegal

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Daniel Boone

Pat McCarthy

Describes the life and times of Daniel Boone, a man associated with the exploration of Kentucky and the westward expansion of the American frontier.

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Calamity Jane

William R. Sanford

Biography of Calamity Jane, who lived in the Wild West, and was friends with Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody, and is best remembered as an independent woman who could ride, shoot, drink, and cu

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