Wildest lives of the frontier : through the eyes of Jesse James, George Armstrong Custer, and other famous Westerners / / edited by John Richard Stephens

• Pubblicazione: Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 978
• Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) Biography; West (U.S.) History Sources
• Persona (resp. second.): StephensJohn Richard
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Wildest lives of the frontier
• ISBN: 1-4930-2441-8; 1-4930-2442-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821016803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II