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Jim Bridger: Mountain ManVendor: Treasure Chest BooksBy: Stanley Vestal Even among the mighty mountain men, Jim Bridger was a towering figure. He was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. He couldn't write his name, but at eighteen he had braved the fury of the Missouri, ascending...
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Utah Myths and Legends: The True Stories behind History's MysteriesVendor: National BookUtah may be best known for its mesmerizingly beautiful high deserts, the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere, and as the home base for one of the world’s most popular religious groups, but few may know about the Lost Rhoades mine purportedly...
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The Mountain Men: The Dramatic History and Lore of the First FrontiersmenVendor: National BookBy: George Laycock To know how the West was really won, start with the exploits of these unsung mountain men who, like the legendary Jeremiah Johnson, were real buckskin survivalists. Preceded only by Lewis and Clark, beaver fur trappers roamed the river valleys and...
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Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy through the Grand CanyonVendor: Treasure Chest BooksBy: Edward Dolnick On May 24, 1869, a one-armed Civil War veteran named John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the American West. No one had ever explored the fabled Grand Canyon; to...
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Undaunted CourageVendor: Treasure Chest BooksBy: Stephen E. Ambrose In this sweeping adventure story, Stephen E. Ambrose, the bestselling author of D-Day, presents the definitive account of one of the most momentous journeys in American history. Ambrose follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's hope of finding...
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Mountain ManVendor: Treasure Chest BooksBy: Vardis Fisher A novel of male and female in the Early American West. This is a classic in American West literature, a major triumph of historical fiction. Other Information: Published: 1965Pages: 351
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The Lost Frontier: Momentous Moments in the Old West You May Have MissedVendor: National BookThis collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West goes beyond the tales everyone knows of the OK Corral and the Dead Man’s Hand to focus on the gunfights, massacres, and daring deeds that are the stars of local historians but not featured...
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The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American HistoryVendor: Treasure Chest BooksIn the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon, a stunningly vivid historical account of the manhunt for Geronimo and the 25-year Apache struggle for their homeland. They called him Mickey Free. His kidnapping started the longest war in American history, and both sides--the Apaches and the...
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Tales of the Mountain Men: Seventeen Stories of Survival, Exploration, and Frontier SpiritVendor: Books WestEdited By: Lamar Underwood The mountain men were the trappers of the Rocky Mountain fur trade in the years following Lewis and Clark's Expedition of 1804-1806. With their bold journeys peaking during the period of 1830-1840, they were the first white men to enter...
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None Wounded, None Missing, All Dead: The Story of Elizabeth Bacon CusterVendor: National BookBy: Howard Kazanjian and Chris Enss On May 17, 1876, Elizabeth Bacon Custer kissed her husband, George, goodbye and wished him good fortune in his efforts to fulfill the Army's orders to relocate those Native Americans unwilling to move to a reservation. Adorned in...
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Barbed Wire: The Fence That Changed the WestVendor: Mountain PressBy: Joanne S. Liu How could an ordinary fence shape a nation's history? Before the 1870s, much of the American West was an uninterrupted expanse of plains, where native tribes followed buffalo herds for hundreds of miles and cowboys ran cattle wherever water and...
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Chasing Geronimo: The Journal of Leonard Wood, May-September 1886Vendor: Treasure Chest BooksThis diary of Leonard Wood, a medical officer, tells the dramatic story of the last campaign against the Apache chief Geronimo. It is the only journal kept by anyone on that expedition. Under the command of Capt. Henry Lawton, Wood’s first field duty was to...
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Unfortunate Emigrant: Narratives of the Donner PartyVendor: Chicago DistributionBy: Kristin Johnson A selection of rare and hard-to-find early accounts of the 1846 emigrant party that was trapped in the winter snows of the Sierra Nevada, recounting their strenuous and conflict-ridden trail west; their experiences of starvation, death, and cannibalism; and the herculean...
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Hearts West: True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the FrontierVendor: Treasure Chest BooksBy: Chris Enss Desperate to strike it rich during the Gold Rush, thousands of men traveled West to the emerging frontier, where they outnumbered women twelve to one. Only after they arrived did some of them realize how much they missed female companionship. Hearts...
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American Dynamite : An Illustrated HistoryVendor: Schiffer BooksThe first and only comprehensive illustrated history of dynamite in the United States by Gerald P. Cestkowski While everyone can mentally visualize a stick or bundle of dynamite, very few have any real understanding of one of mankind's most important industrial implements. This comprehensive...
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The Truth About GeronimoVendor: Treasure Chest BooksBritton Davis's account of the controversial "Geronimo Campaign" of 1885–86 offers an important firsthand picture of the famous Chiricahua warrior and the men who finally forced his surrender. Davis knew most of the people involved in the campaign and was himself in charge of...
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The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American WestVendor: Books WestBy: Patricia Nelson Limerick The settling of the American West has been perceived throughout the world as a series of quaint, violent, and romantic adventures. But in fact, Patricia Nelson Limerick argues, the West has a history grounded primarily in economic reality - in...
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