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Krohn, Katherine E.

Summary: Looks at the different modes of dress in the American West from the 1840s to the 1890s, examining the clothing and accessories of Native Americans, early pioneers, and the men and women of different social classes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-first Century Books 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 391.00973 KRO

Dumas, Marti

Summary: "Introduces the reader to women in the old West"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, An imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.4 DUM

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 DUM

Summary: A family saga focusing on the lives of the Macahan family in the Old West. Their stories are played out against a realistic recreation of the American West in that lusty, hard-hitting period when laws were frequently broken and progress was charted by individual suffering and survival.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2013

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOW

Todras, Ellen H.

Summary: Investigates how early settlers traveled west towards the Pacific in wagon trains, and examines the hardships they faced and the towns they founded.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2011

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Kalman, Bobbie.

Summary: This book introduces the life and times of the people from the Old West describing their homes, jobs, tools, clothes, and travel.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2008

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Friedman, Mel

Summary: Discusses how the United States gained ownership of the Oregon Territory, who discovered the best routes west, and the obstacles pioneers faced on their journeys along the Oregon Trail.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.804 FRI

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.02 FRI

Summary: Tom Bodett explores the trails that extended America's frontiers. He follows the footsteps and wagon ruts of rugged pioneers, dauntless homesteaders, reclusive mountain men, and stop-at-nothing gold hunters as they explored, settled, and worked the new land.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2002

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6 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 AME 1
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Call number: 917.3 AME 6

Kerbel, Deborah

Summary: "One hundred years ago, juvenile diabetes was a death sentence for millions of people around the world, most of them children. this book tells the story the discovery of insulin, a treatment for this disease and one of the most impactful milestones in medical science. Frederick Banting was a young doctor who was haunted by the memories of the diabetic children he'd treated at Toronto's Hospital...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2021

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Dunn, Jerry Camarillo.

Summary: Describes significant historic towns, cities, and natural wonders of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1989

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.8 ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES DUN

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Summary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RAN

Parkman, Francis

Summary: Presents accounts of a young man's travels on the Oregon Trail and a sojourn with the Oglala Indians.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Press 1943

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 PAR

Lassieur, Allison.

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Summary: "Describes the people and events of the age of the Wild West in the year 1876. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of an outlaw, a lawman, and a fortune-seeker in Deadwood, Dakota Territory"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2009

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LAS BASKET

Pagnamenta, Peter.

Summary: Recounts the lives and adventures of British aristocrats who explored and settled in the American West between 1830 and 1890, becoming landowners and making social adjustments to rub elbows with fur traders, Indians, and buffalo.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.02 PAG

Fisher, David

Summary: How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman -- and was he African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman bandit" and one of the West's most famous stagecoach robbers? Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid really die in a hail of bullets in South America?...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 978 FIS

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 Ore

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: HistUS Fisher

Barnes, Christine

Summary: Includes Old Faithful Inn: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming ; The Ahwahnee: Yosemite National Park, California ; Paradise Inn: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State ; Timberline Lodge: Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon ; Oregon Caves Chateau: Oregon Caves National Monument, Oregon ; Crater Lake Lodge: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon ; El Tovar: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona ;...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. West 2002

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720 BAR

Nnachi, Ngeri

Summary: "There is more to the history of the transcontinental than connecting the United States. Most of the workers were of Chinese descent and were treated unfairly. Learn how workers protested for better treatment"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 331.7 NNA

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