west (u.s.)

Surveys the life of Nat Love, African American cowboy, renowned for his riding, roping, and sharpshooting.

Presents an account of Lewis and Clark's expedition through the Louisiana Purchase with forty other recruits, beginning at the mouth of the Missouri River in St. Louis and going to the Pacific Ocean and back, detailing the explorer's sacrifices in the face of adversity.

In 1879, thirteen-year-old Everett Turner leaves a life of struggle on his family's farm and runs away to St. Louis, where he works in a livery stable before heading to the all-African-American town of Nicodemus, Kansas.

A light-hearted look at some of the difficulties faced by the pioneers who traveled by wagon train across the United States to settle in the West.

When outlaw Dirk Yeller arrives in Cowtown looking for something to take away his cat-scratch fever, young Sam, whose pa says he is "a world-a-trouble and curious as a tomcat, " knows just what this dangerous and jittery criminal needs to calm him down.

Explains what it was like to travel and live in a covered wagon as a pioneer on the way to Oregon.

Historical photographs with explanatory text present a picture of life in the American West from 1840 to the early 1900s.

Matt Coburn was going to bring law and order to Confusion, even though he had to face every kind of gunman, knife artist, and dry-gulcher there was.

"When Callie rides into the town of Mean and Messy Corners, she comes upon a group of scaredy-cat townsfolk, thanks to a mean bunch of banjo-stealing bandits! Will Callie and Sparky be able to tame this Wild West town and find a place to settle down? Yee-haw! Come along for the ride and see!"--Back cover.

"When her father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers--and justice"--Provided by publisher.