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UNINA9910798632503321 |
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Titolo |
Wildest lives of the frontier : through the eyes of Jesse James, George Armstrong Custer, and other famous Westerners / / edited by John Richard Stephens |
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Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-4930-2441-8 |
1-4930-2442-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (385 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
West (U.S.) Biography |
West (U.S.) History Sources |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A note about the text -- John Richard Stephens - Going west (introduction) -- Daniel Boone - Claiming the Kentucky wilderness -- Lewis and Clark - Sacagawea -- Sacagawea - Red Hair and Long Knife -- Davy Crockett - Brushes with death -- Black Hawk - The Black Hawk War -- John C. Fremont - Indians, buffalo, and Kit Carson -- John C. Fremont - Kit Carson pursues horse thieves -- Kit Carson - Chasing horse thieves -- Kit Carson - Indian conflicts and the war in California -- John Sutter - Discovering gold -- Buffalo Bill - Riding for the Pony Express -- Mark Twain - A black speck against the sky -- Mark Twain - Smitten with the silver fever -- Jesse James - Rebel guerrillas and bank robbers -- Cole Younger - The disastrous Northfield Bank robbery -- Frank James - Breaking off from my bohemian life -- George Armstrong Custer - The massacre of some of Custer's men -- Buffalo Bill - Custer and Little Bighorn -- Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse's deathbed statement -- Sitting Bull - Little Bighorn and Custer's death. |
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