The true West : real stories about black cowboys, women sharpshooters, Native American rodeo stars, pioneering vaqueros, and the unsung explorers, builders, and heroes who shaped the American West

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Revealing the estimate by historians to be that about one quarter of American cowboys were actually black, Latino, Native American or women, a collection of biographical portraits reveals the true stories of famous sharpshooters and rodeo stars.

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ISBN:

9781733633512

Edition:

First edition

Description:

64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Target Audience Note:

234 Childrens Plus, Inc

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61)

Contents:

Bill Pickett
Annie Oakley
Nat Love
Buffalo soldiers
Mexican cowboys
The Escalante expedition
Patricia and Martín de León
Bass Reeves
Mamie Hafley (Elba Mae Ghent)
Jesse Stahl
Cathay Williams
Levi Strauss
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Jackson Sundown
Mary Fields (Stagecoach Mary)
James Butler Hickok (Wild Bill Hickok)
Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary)
Wagon trains
Charley Willis
Henry O. Flipper
William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill Cody)
Fox Hastings
Sam Steward (Bronco Sam)
Chinese railroad workers
Clothes

LCCN:

bl2020046921

Control Number:

3042922

Other Authors:

Luong, Wiliam, illustrator

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