Bibliograph

Which way to the Wild West?, everything your schoolbooks didn't tell you about America's westward expansion, by Steve Sheinkin ; illustrated by Tim Robinson

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Which way to the Wild West?, everything your schoolbooks didn't tell you about America's westward expansion, by Steve Sheinkin ; illustrated by Tim Robinson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-241) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Intended audience

940L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Which way to the Wild West?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

by Steve Sheinkin ; illustrated by Tim Robinson

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 6.8, 8, 132518

Sub title

everything your schoolbooks didn't tell you about America's westward expansion

Summary

Presents the greatest adventures of America's Westward expansion, from the Louisiana Purchase and the gold rush to the Indian wars and life of the cowboy, as well as the everyday happenings that defined living on the frontier

Table Of Contents

How the war moved West -- Did someone say "manifest destiny"? -- War, land, gold, trouble -- Welcome to the Wild West -- Out of the way of the big engine -- Race you to Utah -- Cowboys vs. Farmers -- The road to Little Bighorn -- The end of the Wild West -- What ever happened to...?

Target audience

juvenile

Classification