Synopses & Reviews
This engaging and often surprising collection of true tales by a noted storyteller gives young readers a highly entertaining yet accurate history of the American West. Adventures include pushing onto new frontiers with Lewis and Clark, shooting it out with the Earps and the Clantons, trying to strike it rich in the Klondike, and other memorable events!
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-125) and index.
About the Author
Paul Robert Walker is the author of more than 20 books on subjects ranging from the American West and the Italian Renaissance to folklore, baseball, and miracles. A former teacher, journalist, and rock musician, Walker has been honored as an author by the National Council for the Social Studies, the Children's Book Council, and Storytelling World. His books Giants! and Big Men, Big Country were named to the Aesop Accolade List of the American Folklore Society and the American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. His book for National Geographic Remember Little Bighorn was a SLJ Best Book of the Year, a Notable Social Studies Trade Book, and an ALA Notable Book for Older Readers.
Table of Contents
Big river : Lewis and Clark descend the Columbia (1805) -- No water : Jedediah Smith crosses the desert (1826) -- Independence Day : Narcissa and Eliza cross the Rockies (1836) -- I have found it! : James Marshall discovers gold (1848) -- Blood on the trail : the Grattan fight (1854) -- They're off! : first ride of the Pony Express (1860) -- A railroad to the moon : completion of the transcontinental railroad (1869) -- We shoot, we ride fast, we shoot again : the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876) -- Throw up your hands! : showdown in Tombstone (1881) -- Gold! gold! gold! : the Klondike stampede (1897).