Hey there, stranger! You don't look like you're from round these parts. If you're going to make it in this town you'd better learn the ways of the Natives, explore the lives of infamous outlaws like Jesse James and Billy the Kid, seek your fortune in the state made of gold and keep on the right side of the law. Welcome to the Wild West friend. You're in for one hell of a ride!
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All About History Legends of the Wild West 4th Edition
THE FIRST AMERICANS • An insight into the lives of America’s first inhabitants
The oral tradition of the winter count • It is history, culture and language that truly define a community. However, those of the Native Americans were often only spoken of and not written down
DISCOVERING the AMERICAN WEST • They ventured across the country through unknown terrain, facing danger and discovery at every turn. This is the journey of Lewis and Clark
Life after the voyage • What became of the intrepid pair once they returned
ON the TRAIL • Track the intrepid explorers’ journey across Louisiana Territory
DAVY CROCKETT • Was Davy Crockett really the king of the wild frontier? Perhaps not, but he was certainly a legend in his own lifetime
TIMELINE
The death of Davy Crockett
INDIAN REMOVAL ACT • President Andrew Jackson’s controversial legislation removed tens of thousands of Native Americans from their own land. The exodus became known as the Trail of Tears
CALIFORNIA THE STATE MADE OF GOLD • How one man’s accidental discovery of gold would go on to change the face of California forever
THE FIRST GOLD RUSH MILLIONAIRE
CARVING OUT ROUTES
BLOOD & GOLD: THE HELLS CANYON MASSACRE • In 1887, 34 Chinese gold miners were murdered in one of the most brutal acts of violence against Asian settlers in the United States
MAN THE CANNONS AND PREPARE TO ENGAGE THE ENEMY! • Climb aboard the most formidable warships in history and immerse yourself in famous battles from Salamis to Midway, meet the admirals who revolutionised war at sea and find out how the fleets of the future are taking shape
HOW THE PATH to the WEST LED TO WAR • As the United States spread westward, one question divided the nation: would the new states be slave states or free states?
LOTS OF HOUSES ON THE PRAIRIE
GERONIMO • Geronimo was many things – a warrior, a thief, a killer and a leader. But it was what he wasn’t – a husband and a father – that mattered most
TIMELINE
The ‘volunteer’ POWs
WILD BILL HICKOK • With his tall frame, steely eyes, sharp shootin’, hard drinkin’, gamblin’ ways, ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok became an iconic hero in the Old West
The accidental assassin
LAST ORDERS at the BAR • Step through the swinging doors of the Old West’s wildest watering holes
THE WEST’S WILDEST SALOONS, BARKEEPS AND FLOOSIES
FIRE DOWN THE HOLE • It wasn’t just whiskey on the menu
JESSE JAMES • The Robin Hood of Missouri, or a self-mythologising murderer and thief?
HOW TO ROB A TRAIN
HOW NOT TO ROB A TRAIN
THE GREAT SIOUX WAR 1876–1877 • During the 18-month Great Sioux War, the U.S. Army fought Sioux and Cheyenne warriors for control of the Black Hills of South Dakota
Sioux leader Red Cloud
SITTING BULL • A Sioux chief and spiritual leader, the boy they once called Slow was quick to protect his people and their traditional way of life
TIMELINE
How he defeated Custer
CRAZY HORSE THE BRAVEST THE BRAVE • The Lakota Sioux warrior chief Crazy Horse defied American expansion across the Great Plains
BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN • Montana Territory 25–26 June 1876
BUFFALO BILL CODY • Buffalo Bill was...