[PDF] Wild West eBook

Author : Frederick Nolan
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 26,7 MB
Release : 2003-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1848585101

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On 14 May 1804, one Captain Meriwether Lewis and his companion William Clark led a thirty-three-man expedition to the new lands of Louisiana. 8,000 miles and two years later, after rafting up the Missouri and crossing the Rocky Mountains, they reached the far side of the world, the Pacific Ocean. Fredrick Nolan explores the first US settlers of the American West, including the remarkable stories of unsung heroes and heroines, the bloody battles between settlers and the native American inhabitants, the crimes committed by corrupt Sheriffs, and the occasions when citizens had to take the law into their own hands. This is the story of the men and women who answered the call of the West.

Author : John Whalen
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,48 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781563893612

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These bizarre tales are a far cry from the Wild West you remember from the movies. Among the stepping stones to the conquest of North America: cannibalism, mummified murderers, sadism, lynch mobs, bad-luck curses, unexplained decapitations, mysterious airships, cults, communes, and more.

Author : Blaire Briody
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 32,46 MB
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1466871520

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Williston, North Dakota was a sleepy farm town for generations—until the frackers arrived. The oil companies moved into Williston, overtaking the town and setting off a boom that America hadn’t seen since the Gold Rush. Workers from all over the country descended, chasing jobs that promised them six-figure salaries and demanded no prior experience. But for every person chasing the American dream, there is a darker side—reports of violence and sexual assault skyrocketed, schools overflowed, and housing prices soared. Real estate is such a hot commodity that tent cities popped up, and many workers’ only option was to live out of their cars. Farmers whose families had tended the land for generations watched, powerless, as their fields were bulldozed to make way for one oil rig after another. Written in the vein Ted Conover and Jon Krakauer, using a mix of first-person adventure and cultural analysis, The New Wild West is the definitive account of what’s happening on the ground and what really happens to a community when the energy industry is allowed to set up in a town with little regulation or oversight—and at what cost.

Author : Anita Yasuda
Publisher : Nomad Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 2012-06-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1936749742

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Explore the Wild West! 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments invites young readers ages 6–9 to experience the spirit of the Wild West. Kids learn about explorers who mapped the American West, Native Americans, gold miners, cowboy culture, cattle drives, Wild West legends, frontier towns, peacekeepers, lawbreakers, and much more. Through projects ranging from making a settler’s soddie to mining for gold, kids develop a better understanding of the rich history of the Wild West in the 1800s.

Author : Rose Pender
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 38,19 MB
Release : 1985-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780803287921

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The aristocratic Rose Pender and her husband, James, were among the thousands of English travelers in the American West during the latter half of the nineteenth century. This is Pender's lively account of a grand tour in 1883 of Texas, California, Salt Lake City, Wyoming, Dakota Territory, and far-flung points. ø A. B. Guthrie Jr. in his foreword writes that "all students and collectors will want" A Lady's Experiences in the Wild West in 1883. "It deals with a West in transition from frontier to the glimmer of modern times, from open range to fenced pastures, from trails to trains, from makeshift and made-do to more convenient and easier ways. We see it through the eyes and from the sensibilities of a gentlewoman and a Britisher to boot. The woman was indeed a Lady. She brought to America her highborn prejudices and standards. . .and with them a sharp eye, a chatty pen, and a game spirit. . . . She adds to our knowledge of a time no one is old enough to remember."

Author : Russell Freedman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 49,92 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780395548004

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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.

Author : Terry Lee Anderson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 22,59 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780804748544

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Cooperation, not conflict, is emphasized in a study that casts America's frontier history as a place in which local people helped develop the legal framework that tamed the West.

Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Children's Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,61 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780531232156

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"During the 1800s, many settlers moved westward across North America to seek their fortunes as farmers, ranchers, and miners. In the Wild West, there were few towns and few people paid much attention to laws. Readers will take a trip through this thrilling period of American history as they join Louise and Nat for a tale of cowboys in a frontier town. They will find out how people lived, worked, and traveled in the Wild West, and much more."--Publisher's description.