frontier and pioneer life

A collection of the first five titles in Laura Ingalls Wilder's series about the pioneer life of the Ingalls family.

A history of the life, adventures, and death of William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, written by Sheriff Pat Garrett, the man responsible for killing the outlaw in 1881.

When her mother dies, Molly is left with kin in north Texas in the early 1870s and as she gets older all she can think about is finding a way to make a home for her father and her twin brother.

Brief biographies of the "Wild West's" most colorful gamblers, with information on the atmosphere that fostered gambling as a form of entertainment.

A history of lumbering in the United States, describing the work of the men with jobs in that industry in its early days. Includes a section on the giant redwood tree.

Contains lessons and activities that introduce students in grades four through eight to the 1850s, based on fictional letters from a cowboy and other Old West characters.

Little Eagle finds an orphaned baby buffalo, cares for him, and releases him back into the wild. Includes facts about the buffalo and its history in North America.

Introduces young readers to the history of the California gold rush, describing the journey to California, the process of panning for gold, and the fortunes that this gold brought many different people.

Explores how the Donner party survived their expedition.

The term "Wild West" brings to mind certain images: cowboys, settlers, gunfights, and outlaws. But the American West wasn't always as wild as popular images and stories often suggest, and its famous heroes were sometimes its villains (and vice versa). In this informative volume, young readers will learn facts that bust the myths of the Old West, bringing a more realistic and diverse angle to tales of cowboys and Indians repeated in books, TV shows, and movies throughout the years.