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A biography of Kit Carson highlighting his friendship with Native Americans and his work as a guide for John C.

An easy-to-read biography of Kit Carson, who ran away from home at the age of fifteen to begin a career as a hunter, explorer, and mountain man.

Realizing that his future lies in owning land, not just being free, a young man raised as a slave becomes a buffalo soldier--a member of an all-black cavalry regiment formed to protect white settlers from Indians, bandits, and outlaws, and that later fought in the Spanish American War.

Recounts the life of Emanuel Stance and his career as a Buffalo soldier in the all-black U.

Traces the life of the well-known figure from the Old West, Kit Carson, from his childhood in Kentucky and Missouri, through his years as a trapper, explorer and soldier, to his death in Colorado in 1868.

Examines the life of Kit Carson, discussing his childhood in Kentucky, his move to New Mexico where he worked as a trapper, his experiences as a guide for explorer John Fremont, his work as an Indian agent, and his roles in the Mexican and Civil Wars.

Discusses the life and work of John Wesley Powell, an American geologist and anthropologist who explored the Colorado and Green Rivers.

A biography of explorer John Wesley Powell, chronicling his life as a soldier and scientist.

Describes the history, equipment, and living conditions of United States Cavalry soldiers in the West between 1830 and 1900.

The life of Kit Carson, legendary scout, mountain man, and soldier of the Old West.

An account of Zebulon Pike and his explorations in the Northwest and West, including his activities in Mexico on behalf of General James Wilkinson and his role in the War of 1812.

Presents a brief biography of Zebulon Pike, soldier and explorer of the American west, provides information oh his childhood, his education, and his expeditions in the Rocky Mountains.

Presents an account of the gruesome career of Bloody Bill Anderson, one of a band of Civil War guerillas who cut a path of death and destruction through Kansas and Missouri in retaliation for perceived Union injustices.

"In 1874, the U.S. Army sent troops to subdue and move the Native Americans of the southern plains to Indian reservations, and this chronicles the brief and brutal war that followed.