Which way to the Wild West? : everything your schoolbooks didn't tell you about America's westward expanion

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Title:

Author:

Sheinkin, Steve author.

Robinson, Tim, 1963- illustrator.

ISBN:

9781250075765

9781484465868

9780606375894

Physical Description:

260, [6] pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Contents:

How the war moved West -- Did someone say "manifest destiny"? -- War, land, gold, trouble -- Welcome to the Wild West -- Out of the way of the big engine -- Race you to Utah -- Cowboys vs. Farmers -- The road to Little Bighorn -- The end of the Wild West -- What ever happened to ...? -- Quotation notes -- Bonus material.

Abstract:

Presents the greatest adventures of America's Westward expansion, from the Louisiana Purchase and the gold rush to the Indian wars and life of the cowboy, as well as the everyday happenings that defined living on the frontier.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 8.0 132518.

Subject Term:

Territorial expansion.

Discoveriers in geography.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Geographic Term:

West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.

United States -- Territorial expansion.

Added Author:

Robinson, Tim, 1963-

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