Eyewitness to the Old West
Firsthand Accounts of Exploration, Adventure, and Peril
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781461635376 | |
| Publisher: | Roberts Rinehart | Publication: | February 7, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Roberts Rinehart | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781461635376 |
| Publisher: | Roberts Rinehart |
| Publication: | February 7, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Roberts Rinehart |
| Language: | English |
A collection of over 150 vignettes from the journals and diaries of people who lived or traveled in the Old West, these accounts begin with the sixteenth-century collisions between the Spaniards and the Indians and conclude with Black Elk's mournful description of the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890. Storytellers include explorers, missionaries, India leaders, a poet, an artist, and a future president.
A collection of over 150 vignettes from the journals and diaries of people who lived or traveled in the Old West, these accounts begin with the sixteenth-century collisions between the Spaniards and the Indians and conclude with Black Elk's mournful description of the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890. Storytellers include explorers, missionaries, India leaders, a poet, an artist, and a future president.
