west (united states)

Hank expects the worst after he inadvertently causes a stampede and is threatened with obedience school.

A brief biography of the nineteenth-century trapper, scout, and explorer who helped open the West to settlers.

Describes the crafts and skills of wilderness living and survival, featuring information on mountain man tools and materials, and providing illustrated instructions for making and/or using traps and trappings, clothing, weapons, hats, scrimshaw, pouches, scabbards, quillwork, tipis, eating utensils, and other items.

Uses photographs, text, and excerpts from historical journals to describe the different plants and flowers seen by members of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Traces the history of relations between African-Americans and Native Americans, as well as the blending of the two cultures through interracial marriage, from the earliest foreign landings through the pioneer days.

Tells stories about the outlaws, robbers, and desperados of the Old West.

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

Describes the exploration and mapping of the American West from prehistoric Indian maps through the geographical information gathered by the Spanish explorers, the expeditions of Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike, and the mapping done by the U.S. Army and the railroad companies.