Description |
384 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. |
Contents |
"I gave him barks and saltpeter ... " / Paul Russell Cutright -- How lost was Zebulon Pike? / Donald Jackson -- Man to match the mountains / Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. -- Ordeal in Hell's Canyon / Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. -- Ballad of Cynthia Ann / Donald Culross Peattie -- Storming of the Alamo / Charles Ramsdell -- First dude ranch trip to the untamed West / Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. -- Smart ones got through / George R. Stewart -- Murder at the place of rye grass / Nancy Wilson Ross -- "Here is my home at last!" / Carl Carmer -- Gold! / Ralph K. Andrist -- Great days of the Overland stage / W. Eugene Hollon -- "Go it, Washoe!" / Remi Nadeau -- Iron spine / Henry Sturgis -- "Don't let them ride over us" / George M. Heinzman -- Pharoah had it easy / Warren G. Magnuson -- Great diamond fraud / Harry H. Crosby -- Bloody end of Meeker's Utopia / Marshall Sprague -- Geronimo! / E. M. Halliday -- Johnson County War / Helena Huntington Smith. |
Subject |
West (U.S.) -- History.
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Added Title |
Great adventures of the Old West |
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American heritage.
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ISBN |
0828100101 |
Standard No. |
NLGGC 780579011 |
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