Conquering the wilderness, or, New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America
Subtitle: a full account of the romantic deeds, lofty achievements and marvelous adventures of Boone, Kenton, Clarke, Logan, Harrod, the Wetzel brothers the Bradys, Poe, and thirty other celebrated frontiersmen and Indian fighters, Crockett, Houston, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill, and all the famous plainsmen, Graham, Sutter, Marshall, Fremont, Kearney, and other historic names of the Pacific Coast : with picturesque sketches of border life, past and present, backwoods camp-meetings, schools and Sunday schools, heroic fortitude and noble deeds of the pioneer wives and mothers, flatboating, the overland route and its horrors, the gold fever and filibustering expeditions, vigilance committees, Lafitte, Walker, Brigham Young, etc., eccentricities and self-sacrificing labors of Cartwright, Axley, and other celebrated pioneer preachers, and describing life and adventure on the plains and in the mining camps of to-day, including hunting, trapping, freighting, ranching, herding, post-trading, Indian agencies, scouts, guides and desperadoes, immense fortunes of Western millionaires, how made, etc., etc
By: by Frank Triplett ; with 200 portraits from life, and original and striking engravings from designs by Nast, Darley, and other eminent artists
Contributors: Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902; Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888; Newberry Library
Publisher: N.D. Thompson & Co.
Published: 1883
Place of publication: New York; St. Louis
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 716
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life; Pioneers; History; Description and travel; Indians of North America; Wars; Indian captivities
Other titles: New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America; American West (Marlborough, England)
Notes: Newberry Library, Chicago

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi : the era of colonization; title: pt. 2. The plains : the era of commerce and exploration; title: pt. 3. The Pacific slope : the era of adventure.