True tales of the Wild West
By: Paul Robert Walker.
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- History -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- History.
Genres: Anecdotes; Juvenile literature.; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-125) and index.
Table of contents: title: Big river : Lewis and Clark descend the Columbia  (1805); title: No water : Jedediah Smith crosses the desert (1826); title: Independence Day : Narcissa and Eliza cross the Rockies (1836); title: I have found it! : James Marshall discovers gold (1848); title: Blood on the trail : the Grattan fight (1854); title: They're off! : first ride of the Pony Express (1860); title: A railroad to the moon : completion of the transcontinental railroad (1869); title: We shoot, we ride fast, we shoot again : the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876); title: Throw up your hands! : showdown in Tombstone (1881); title: Gold! gold! gold! : the Klondike stampede (1897).