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Domnauer, Teresa.

Summary: Traces Lewis & Clarke's exploratory journey acorss the western United States.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013

Copies Available at East Bay

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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.46 DOM

Duncan, Dayton.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1993

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

Twain, Mark

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Published for the Iowa Center for Textual Studies by the University of California Press 1972

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.409 TWA

Montgomery, M. R.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.1755 MON

Summary: Follows four men who, during a 3,000-mile trek from Mexico to Canada, encounter a herd of wild mustangs, which they tame and bring with them on the remainder of the journey. Discusses the plight of wild horses of America's West, animals who run the risk of being detained in federal holding pens sometimes for decades.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNB

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fulcrum 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.804 ROA

Bowden, Charles.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOWDEN, CHARLES BOW

Summary: Sixteen wild horses, five states, four men and 3000 miles. The journey of a lifetime riding from Mexico to Canada through the deepest backcountry in the American West to see the remaining open spaces and prove the worth of 50,000 wild horses and burros currently in holding pens.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNB

Dobson, Patrick.

Contents: A leap into the prairie sea -- I'm going to Helena, Montana : the Kansas cities -- Don't worry, kid, you'll be all right : Lawrence, Topeka, Saint Marys, Wamego -- It's the best you're gonna find here : Manhattan, Randolph, Marysville -- You'll find everything you need there : Beatrice, Nebraska; Wilber -- The Jims : Friend, Hastings, Hansen, Minden -- It's better to try something and apologize...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.804 DOB

Ketcham, Christopher

Summary: "The public lands of the western United States comprise some 450 million acres of grassland, steppe land, canyons, forests, and mountains. It's an American commons, and it is under assault as never before. Journalist Christopher Ketcham has been documenting the confluence of commercial exploitation and governmental misconduct in this region for over a decade. His revelatory book takes the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.73 KET

Kirkpatrick, Jane

Summary: In 1911, Carrie Strahorn wrote a memoir entitled Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage , which shared some of the most exciting events of 25 years of traveling and shaping the American West with her husband, Robert Strahorn, a railroad promoter, investor, and writer. That is all fact. Everything She Didn't Say imagines Carrie nearly ten years later as she decides to write down what was really on her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIR

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION KIR

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Kirkpatrick 2018

Barber, John Warner

Summary: "Barber and Howe go west! This 1868 collaboration from American historians John Warner Barber (1798-1885) and Henry Howe (1816-1893) surveys twenty-one states (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin) and nine territories...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New England Historic Genealogical Society 2019

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 973 BAR

Zimmerman, Karla

Summary: Whether exploring your own backyard or somewhere new, discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet Route 66 Road Trips . Featuring trips from Chicago to Los Angeles, plus up-to-date advice on the destinations you'll visit along the way, you can visit all of Route 66's kooky roadside attractions and friendly towns with your trusted travel companion. Jump in the car, turn up the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd. 2015

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL USA

Lewis, Meriwether

Summary: "At the dawn of the 19th century, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked on an unprecedented journey from St. Louis, Missouri to the Pacific Ocean and back again. Their assignment was to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and record the geography, flora, fauna, and people they encountered along the way. The tale of their incredible journey, meticulously recorded in their...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Adventure Classics 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.804 LEW

Raban, Jonathan.

Summary: Examines the westward migration of homesteaders into the Montana and Dakota plains looking at the people who settled the area and the hardships they endured.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1996

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

Brown, Daniel James

Summary: A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2010

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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

Meloy, Ellen.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.9 MEL

Summary: Justine Shapiro follows the Blue Ridge Parkway, journeying to Tennessee and the city of Nashville. She visits its famous country music sites and the old plantation home of US President, Andrew Jackson. Justine then hits the legendary Route 66, stopping at a giant cattle auction in Oklahoma City. She then joins the 'Trail of Tears' memorial walk for Native Americans before crossing the Texas...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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

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

Summary: From Denver to D.C., this DVD collection explores the heart of America's scenic beauty and legendary trains.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Topics Entertainment 2006

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AME

Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw.

Summary: Examines several aspects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, describing the adventurers' experiences and the conditions they traveled under, and presenting illustrations and modern photos of the places they passed through.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2002

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 917.8 PAT

Edwards, Judith

Summary: An account, told in the words of one participant, of the difficulties and wonders that were part of the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the land obtained as part of the Louisiana Purchase.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2003

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Lawliss, Chuck.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.H. Smith Pub. Co. 1985

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