Was there really a gunfight at the O.K. Corral?
Subtitle: and other questions about the Wild West
By: Ann Kerns ; illustrations by Colin W. Thompson
Contributors: Thompson, Colin W., ill
Series: Is that a fact?
Publisher: Lerner Publiction Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780761361008
Subjects: Miscellanea; Juvenile literature; History
Description: Discusses the facts and myths about life in the nineteenth century American West, including if cowboys wore large hats, if stagecoaches were robbed, and if Calamity Jane was a real person.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 39) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Did villains in the Wild West really tie their victims to railroad tracks?; title: Was there really a gunfight at the OK Corral?; title: Did thousands of people rush to California when gold was discovered there?; title: Did most pioneers live on farms miles away from their neighbors?; title: Did kids really go to school in one-room schoolhouses?; title: Were horses the most common animal used in the settlement of the West?; title: Did cowboys really wear big hats, chaps, and boots?; title: Did Native American chiefs wear feather headdresses?; title: Did swarms of grasshoppers attack pioneer farms?; title: Did stagecoaches really get robbed and attacked on their way West?; title: Did workers really drive in a golden spike to finish the transcontinental railroad?; title: Were most railroad workers in the West Chinese?; title: Was Calamity Jane a real person?; title: Did people called buffalo soldiers really fight on the Western Frontier (and if so, who were they)?; title: Did Native Americans use every part of the buffalo they hunted?; title: Were there really haunted ghost towns in the West?; title: Did people really shout "Remember the Alamo" at a famous battle in the West?; title: Glossary; title: Selected bibliography; title: Further reading; title: Index.