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With One Sky Above Us by Nancy Plain
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Arizona: nations and arts by Annica Benning
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Before Columbus Charles C. Mann
Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491 by Charles C. MannCall Number: Juv 970 MAN (Juvenile nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781416949008
Publication Date: 2009-09-08
Learn about the societies living and thriving in North and South America before colonization.
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Buffalo Bill Cody by Ronald A. Reis
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Tecumseh: shooting star of the Shawnee by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
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Black Elk's Vision: a Lakota story by S. D. Nelson
Black Elk's Vision : a Lakota story by S. D. NelsonCall Number: Juv B BLA (Juvenile biography)
ISBN: 9780810983991
Publication Date: 2010-02-01
A biographical account of Black Elk--a Lakota/Oglala medicine man told from the Native American point of view.
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Migrant Mother by Don Nardo
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Wolves in Blue by Jean A. Lukesh
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How the West Was Drawn by Linda L. Osmundson
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Light on thte Prairie: Solomon D. Butcher, photographer of Nebraska's pioneer days by Nancy Plain
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The Great Bicycle Experiment: the Army's historic Black Bicycle Corps, 1896-97 by Kay Moore
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Strike!: Mother Jones & the Colorado Coal Field War by Lois Ruby
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Eagle of Delight: portrait of the Plains Indian girl in the White House by Jean A. Lukesh
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Magnificent Sam: the amazing adventures of Sam Houston by Laurie Cockerell
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Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Donner dinner party by Nathan Hale
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Edward Wynkoop: soldier and Indian agent by Nancy Oswald
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Battle of Little Bighorn by John Hamilton
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How the West Was Drawn: women's art by Linda L. Osmundson
Battle of Little Bighorn [E-Book] by John HamiltonCall Number: Juv 973.82 HAM Ebook (Ebooks on EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 9781624018060
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
June 25-26, 1876. Find out why these dates will live in infamy in Battle of Little Bighorn. Learn what led up to the battle, including Native Americans' forced movement to the Great Sioux Reservation after the discovery of gold on their land. Get to know the biographies of key historical figures, including Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Put yourself on the frontier battlefield of Montana Territory as you learn about military strategy and the resulting casualties of Custer's Last Stand. Learn what weapons and tactics were used, including the US Army's Colt revolvers and Springfield carbines, the Native Americans' bows and arrows, and the more than 40 other firearms used on both sides. Finally, discover the reasons behind Custer and the Seventh Cavalry's loss, as well as the aftermath of this pivotal conflict in the Plains Indians War.
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This Strange Wilderness: the life and art of John James Audubon by Nancy Plain
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Wild at Heart: mustangs and the young people fighting to save them by Terri Farley
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Sitting Bull: Lakota warrior and defender of his people by S. D. Nelson
This Strange Wilderness : the life and art of John James Audubon by Nancy PlainCall Number: JUV B AUD (Juvenile biography)
ISBN: 9780803248847
Publication Date: 2015-03-01
Birds were "the objects of my greatest delight," wrote John James Audubon (1785-1851), founder of modern ornithology and one of the world's greatest bird painters. His masterpiece, The Birds of America, depicts almost five hundred North American bird species, each life-size image rendered in vibrant color. Audubon was also an explorer, a woodsman, a hunter, an entertaining and prolific writer, and an energetic self-promoter. Through talent and dogged determination, he rose from backwoods obscurity to international fame. Nancy Plain brings together the amazing story of this American icon's career and the beautiful images that are his legacy. Before Audubon, no one had seen, drawn, or written so much about the animals of this largely uncharted young country. Aware that the wilderness and its wildlife were changing even as he watched, Audubon remained committed almost to the end of his life "to search out the things which have been hidden since the creation of this wondrous world." This Strange Wilderness details his art and writing, transporting the reader back to the frontiers of early nineteenth-century America.
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The Wolves of Currumpaw by William Grill
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Entertaining Women: actresses, dancers, and singers in the Old West by Chris Enss
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Sissy Bear at the Fort by Holly Arnold Kinney
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Glorious Fourth of July and Other Stories from the Plains by Mary Gibson Sprague
Glorious Fourth of July : and other stories from the Plains by Catherine Rademacher Gibson; Mary Gibson SpragueCall Number: JUV 978.323 GIB (Juvenile nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781941813157
Publication Date: 2018-05-30
Living through everyday childhood exploits with a large spark of imagination, a young girl grows up on the American plains. Catherine survives a cyclone and a small pox epidemic. Her youth is filled with new sights as her world expands to the Montana frontier and the metropolis of Saint Paul, Minnesota. As the storyteller, Catherine gives insight into a bygone era with child-like enthusiasm and a reflective nature brought on by the passing years. In recounting these episodes from Catherine's childhood, her daughter Mary Gibson Sprague shares a narrative common to many plains families that migrated throughout the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. The tales take on new life as they are paired with paintings created by Catherine in her adult years. These "memory paintings," as she named them, call readers back to a time when birthday parties were new celebrations and children relied on their own ingenuity to occupy themselves.
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The True Story of Jim the Wonder Dog by Marty Rhodes Figley
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Lotta Crabtree: gold rush fairy star by Lois V. Harris
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Bold Women in Montana History by Beth Judy
The True Story of Jim the Wonder Dog by Marty Rhodes FigleyCall Number: JUV 636.7 RHO (Juvenile nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781937054410
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
Long before the trend of canine YouTube stars, Missouri had Jim, a Depression Era hunting dog that many believed was either a genius or possessed of clairvoyant skills. Evidence existed for both: Jim predicted seven Kentucky Derby winners and the winners of the 1936 World Series and presidential race, but could also take direction in foreign languages ... shorthand, and Morse Code ... This is the true story of the dog that became known as Missouri's Wonder Dog.
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Buffalo Heartbeats Across the Plains: the last great hunts and saving the buffalo by Francie M. Berg
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Lust for Glory: an epic story of early Texas and the sacrifice that defined a nation by Stephen L. Hardin
Lust for Glory : an epic story of early Texas and the sacrifice that defined a nation by Stephen L. HardinCall Number: JUV 976.403 HAR (Juvenile nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781933337753
Publication Date: 2018-11-29
Lust for glory : an epic story of early Texas and the sacrifice that defined a nation is a concise, reader-friendly depiction of the "Heroic Age" of Texas history. Employing short, episodic chapters, it explores the twenty-five years between 1821 and 1846. Certainly one of the most eventful eras, it included Mexican independence, Anglo American settlement, the "Come-and-Take-It" fight, Battle of the Alamo, Goliad Massacre, victory at San Jacinto, and the decade of the Texas Republic that culminated in statehood. Extraordinary figures like Stephen F. Austin, William Barret Travis, Sam Houston, and his long-suffering wife, Margaret, come alive on the page. Skillfully conceived and masterfully written flows with a style as passionate and exuberant as the place and the people it describes.
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Bass Reeves : legendary lawman of the Wild West by 
More Cat Tales of the Old West : triumphs, trials & trivia of frontier felines by 
Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491 by 
Black Elk's Vision : a Lakota story by 
Battle of Little Bighorn [E-Book] by 
This Strange Wilderness : the life and art of John James Audubon by 
Glorious Fourth of July : and other stories from the Plains by 
The True Story of Jim the Wonder Dog by 
Lust for Glory : an epic story of early Texas and the sacrifice that defined a nation by 
Raising LaBelle by 
The Trouble Begins At 8 : a life of Mark Twain in the wild, wild West by