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In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.

The adventures of the early nineteenth-century mountain man, Jim Bridger, as he guides wagon trains west, scouts for the U.

Fifteen-year-old Francis and the two children he has adopted travel across the Old West, evade Comancheros, discover a treasure, and wind up rich beyond their wildest dreams.

Explains what life was like for citizens living in the American West during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Describes the experiences of pioneers who settled the American West, discussing war with Native Americans, troubles such as harsh winters and grasshoppers, and the creation of towns.

S. C. Gwynne?s Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories.

Photographs and text provide a biography of one of the most famous outlaws in American history--Jesse James.

Vintage photographs combine with primary and secondary source information to provide a picture of what life was like for children growing up in the nineteenth-century American West.

Documents the day to day experiences of frontier life through the eyes of pioneer women who settled in the American West, enduring hardships, deprivation, and violence, and showing courage and strength in their attempts to organize homes and communities in the wilderness.

Maps, text, and illustrations tell the story of the America's "manifest destiny," explaining the concept and how it expanded the country's boundaries.

Chronicles the history of the Homestead Act of 1862 which offered settlers up to one hundred sixty acres of land in the American Plains and invoked a horde of prospective homesteaders including new immigrants, women, and freed slaves.

Describes the creation of the Oregon Trail, the dangers of life on the trail, and the pioneers who survived the journey to make a new home in the American West.

Depicts the post-war South and the Reconstruction period which failed to free the newly liberated blacks from white racism and describes the simultaneous migration and settling of the Old West which ultimately left thousands of Native Americans dispossessed and segregated.

Chronicles the history of the westward expansion of the United States, discusses how the influx of white settlers affected Native Americans, highlights significant events of the era, and describes various routes to the West.

Examines the famous westward route of American settlement during the 1800s, including everyday life on the trail, what it took to make the journey successfully, and what happened to unsuccessful attempts to reach the Oregon Territory.