The Journal of Sean Sullivan by William Durbin

The Cowboys edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Includes the cattle industry, horses and equipment, social customs, trail life, and the modern myth of the cowboy. Adult reading level.Ĭowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries by David Dary.Ĭomprehensive history of cowboy life from its beginnings in fifteenth-century Mexico to its great flowering in the American West. Describes the early cattle drives with a modest group of animals, the growth of trailing contractors with immense herds, and, finally, the ranch syndicates. The Chisholm Trail: The High Road of the Cattle Kingdom by Donald Worchester.Ī panoramic view of the long cattle drives on the Chisholm Trail in the 1870s and 1880s and of the life and work of the American cowboy. For senior high and older readers.Ĭalamity Jane and the Lady Wildcats by Duncan Aikman.Ĭollective biography of Calamity Jane, Cattle Jane Maxwell, Belle Starr, Lola Montez, Pearl Hart, and other women who lived unconventional lives in the wild west, taking advantage of pioneer freedom.

Abused by both men and dogs, Buck learns to fight ruthlessly until he finds a master, John Thornton, whom he loves and respects. Bernard mix, is stolen and trained to be a sled dog in the Alaskan gold fields. For grades 5-8 and older readers.īR 12582 or RC 49486 or LP 222 or LP 392.īuck, a St. The author weaves together Stevenson's perilous trip with the history of the railroad that forever changed America. Robert Louis Stevenson, who would later become a famous writer, kept a journal as he traveled in 1879 from Scotland to California to join the woman he loved, first on a crowded boat and then on a series of crammed, woefully uncomfortable trains on the transcontinental railroad. Happy Reading!Īcross America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy. You may also request these titles online through our OPAC. To order any of these titles, contact the library by email, mail or phone.

Cowboys, Gold Diggers and Railroad Builders Books for Teens

The Journal of Sean Sullivan by William Durbin