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 / by Mifflin Lowe ; illustrations by Wiliam Luong.
"I've written this book in hopes that its stories--and the incredible people they're about--will pull our country closer together through a shared history of the American West. In its own way the Wild West was a melting post every bit as much as the cities of the East Coast--and maybe even more so. While the American cowboy is, deservedly, a cultural icon and part of our national mythology, what many people don't know, is that a significant per\centage of America's cowboys were African American, Latino, and Native American. Many cowboys were even...cowgirls." -- excerpt from author's note page 7.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781733633512
- ISBN: 1733633510
- Physical Description: 64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: [United States] : Bushel & Peck Books, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- Jews in the American West -- 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. |
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Genre: | Biographies. History. Illustrated works. Instructional and educational works. Juvenile works. Biographies. Instructional and educational works. Illustrated works. |
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Homer Public Library | J 978 LOW (Text) | 000162288 | Children's Library -- Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"I've written this book in hopes that its stories--and the incredible people they're about--will pull our country closer together through a shared history of the American West. In its own way the Wild West was a melting post every bit as much as the cities of the East Coast--and maybe even more so. While the American cowboy is, deservedly, a cultural icon and part of our national mythology, what many people don't know, is that a significant per\centage of America's cowboys were African American, Latino, and Native American. Many cowboys were even...cowgirls." -- excerpt from author's note page 7.