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176 pages : 27 cm Dusty road shoot outs, roaming buffalo, bar brawls, gold, tragedy, genocide, damsels in distress, and cowboys riding off into the sunset -- the taming of the Western frontier is one of the most colorful and fascinating periods of American history. In this illustrated and comprehensive book, the author brings the ruggedness of the old American West to life. Here the figures of the cowboy, gunslinger, soldier, Pony Express rider, settler, and Native American are introduced and explored through their impact on the settling and assimilation of the region. The century between 1800 and 1900 proved to be the most explosive in terms of change as the West evolved from an untamed territory into an integral part of the country, connected by institutions such as the pioneer trail, the stagecoach, the Pony Express, the railroads, and the telegraph wire Native Americans in the West -- Cavalry regiments of the Indian Wars -- Buffalo soldiers -- The taming of Texas -- The wagon train -- Boomers, Sooners, and moonshiners -- Sodbusters -- Western towns -- Pony Express riders -- The Transcontinental Railway -- Wells Fargo

Author

Wexler, Bruce, 1962-

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781616084370

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14