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Way out West: recollections and tales
Par H. G. Merriam. 1969
A collection of brief accounts portraying the variety of life in the West. The stories included here were selected by…
H.G. Merriam from "Frontier," a regional magazine published in Montana from 1920 to 1939The American West: a very short introduction (Very short introductions)
Par Stephen Aron. 2015
Examination of a long, complicated history, beginning before the West was American and extending into the twenty-first century. Describes migrations…
westward, rivalries between French, Spanish, and British empire-builders, and conflicts with Mexico and Indians. Discusses the Gold Rush, the mingling of cultures, water conservation, and Hollywood-produced Westerns. 2015The eye: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Michael F. Land. 2014
Traces the evolution of the marvel of biological engineering that controls vision. Describes how vision works in humans and other…
creatures, the eye's parts, how it moves, what happens in the brain, and what can go wrong. Discusses loss of vision and restoration procedures in those not blind from birth. 2014Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation: the story of the transcontinental railroad
Par Martin W. Sandler, Martin W Sandler. 2015
Recounts the construction of the transcontinental railroad. An additional 1,800 miles of tracks to the West Coast finally connected the…
eastern and western shores. Discusses the daring feats of tens of thousands of workers, the dangers they encountered, their challenges, and their successes. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2015Beyond the hundredth meridian: John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West
Par Wallace Stegner. 1992
Author of Angle of Repose (DB 54215) recounts the life and expeditions of John Wesley Powell (1834-1902). Stegner details Powell's…
interest in scientific observation, feuds with politicians and industrialists, and his plans for development of the West based on the discoveries he made during his travels. 1953The red and the white: a family saga of the American West
Par Andrew R. Graybill. 2013
Historian probes interracial Native-white relationships critical in the development of the trans-Mississippi West. Explores the 1870 Marias Massacre, an episode…
set in motion by the murder of Malcolm Clarke, in which Clarke's two sons rode with the Second U.S. Cavalry to kill their own blood relatives. 2013Shot all to hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's greatest escape
Par Mark Lee Gardner. 2013
Recounts the final holdup of the eight-man James and Younger gang. Details the outlaws' 1876 attempt to rob the First…
National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota; the response from the employees and citizens; and the two-week manhunt that followed. Violence and some strong language. Spur Award. 2013The wrath of Cochise
Par Terry Mort, T. A Mort. 2013
Details the February 1861 events that sparked years of war between the Chiricahua Apaches and the U.S. Army and white…
settlers in the West. Describes the mistakes of inexperienced lieutenant George Bascom after a rancher's stepson was kidnapped and the subsequent acts of revenge by Indian leader Cochise. 2013Diabetic retinopathy: from diagnosis to treatment
Par Homayoun Tabandeh, David S. Boyer. 2014
Retina specialists and authors of Macular Degeneration (DB 74495) describe diabetic retinopathy, a potential problem for people with diabetes. Discuss…
its development, treatment options and ways to slow its progress, and lifestyle changes that lead to better glucose control. Offer advice on coping with visual impairment. 2014Lions of the West: heroes and villains of the westward expansion
Par Robert Morgan. 2011
Profiles of ten men--Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, John "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman, David "Davy" Crockett, Sam Houston, James Polk, Winfield Scott,…
Kit Carson, Nicholas Trist, and John Quincy Adams--who led the nineteenth-century westward expansion that many believed was America's destiny. 2011Moonlight sonata at the Mayo Clinic
Par Nora Gallagher. 2013
Middle-aged essayist describes the two years from 2009 to 2011 that she spent in the "land of the sick," searching…
for a diagnosis and treatment for her inflamed optic nerve. Also describes her spiritual disorientation in this companion to Things Seen and Unseen (DB 49806). 2013Second suns: two doctors and their amazing quest to restore sight and save lives
Par David Oliver Relin. 2013
The late coauthor of Three Cups of Tea (DB 64285) describes following ophthalmologists Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit as they…
performed eye surgeries in rural Nepal. Discusses the 1995 founding of the Himalayan Cataract Project to prevent blindness in the Third World. 2013The Esperanza fire: arson, murder, and the agony of Engine 57
Par John N. Maclean. 2013
The author of The Thirtymile Fire (DB 66035) investigates the October 2006 wildfire in Southern California that killed five U.S.…
Forest Service firefighters. Follows the trial of a local man that resulted in the first-ever murder conviction for setting a wildland fire. Some strong language. 2013Macular disease: practical strategies for living with vision loss
Par Peggy R. Wolfe. 2011
Second edition of guidebook suggests strategies to compensate for declining vision. Provides tips for organizing one's home; dealing with financial,…
personal, and legal affairs; and maximizing one's independence. Lists technological devices available and organizations and businesses that offer assistance. 2011The searchers: the making of an American legend
Par Glenn Frankel. 2013
Relates the 1836 abduction of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker by Comanches and her 1860 rescue, which was the basis for…
Alan LeMay's novel The Searchers (DB 69294) and the 1956 film of the same name directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne. Violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2013Annie Oakley
Par Rachel A Koestler-Grack. 2010
Biography of the renowned sharpshooter (1860-1926), who toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Discusses Annie's difficult childhood on the…
Ohio frontier, her love of hunting, and the exhibition skills that made her the most famous woman in the country--and even impressed Chief Sitting Bull. For grades 6-9. 2010Davy Crockett
Par Judy L Hasday. 2010
Biography of American hunter, militiaman, frontiersman, and politician Davy Crockett (1786-1836). Relates his adventures in Tennessee and his decision to…
join Texas's fight for independence from Mexico, which led to Crockett's death at the Alamo. For grades 6-9. 2010Crazy Horse (Legends of the Wild West Ser.)
Par Jon Sterngass. 2010
Portrait of the Lakota Sioux warrior (ca. 1842-1877), about whom little is known. Describes his resistance to efforts to force…
his people onto reservations, his role in famous battles at Rosebud Creek and the Little Bighorn, and the importance of horses to the Plains Indians. For grades 6-9. 2010Geronimo
Par Jon Sterngass. 2010
Biography of the Chiricahua Apache war leader and shaman (1829-1909), who was a hero to his people but was vilified…
by white settlers. Discusses Geronimo's capture and long imprisonment by the U.S. government and his hatred of Mexicans for the massacre of his family. For grades 6-9. 2010The floor of heaven: a true tale of the last frontier and the Yukon gold rush
Par Howard Blum. 2011
Chronicles the discovery of gold in 1890s Alaska and the Canadian Klondike through the lives of three of the participants:…
cowboy-turned-Pinkerton-detective Charlie Siringo; George Carmack, who lived with a local tribe and became rich from mining; and con man Jefferson "Soapy" Smith. 2011