west (u.s.)

Examines the lives of men who chose to make their lives in the American frontier, drawing from letters, diaries, and memoirs to illuminate the experiences of homesteaders, outlaws and lawmen, farmers, doctors, Native Americans and others who experienced the challenges of pioneer life.

Jack Crabb, a 121-year-old man who claims to be the only white survivor of Custer's Last Stand, regales a twentieth-century historian with an account of his life as an orphan adopted and raised by the Cheyenne, and the results of his forays into the world of white men.

Follows young Johnny Appleseed as he journeys across the country, planting apple seeds everywhere he goes so that people everywhere can share his love of apples.

A fictionalized account of the life of Wild Bill Hickok, in graphic novel format.

In graphic novel format of Waler Van Tilburg Clark's "The Ox-Bow Incident" when a rancher is reported murdered by cattle rustlers, the people of Ox-Bow decide to take justice into their own hands and lynch the alleged killers.

A graphic novel about the life of Kit Carson.

Profiles the life and exploits of William Hickok, the legendary Western sharpshooter known as Wild Bill.

Provides information about the westward expansion of the United States in the 1800s, looks at some of the reasons why people moved to the frontier and what it was like to travel the Oregon Trail and other routes, and introduces some of the people who played key roles in the movement.