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Was there really a gunfight at the O.K. Corral? : and other questions about the Wild West
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Boswell Grant Twp PL - Boswell | J 500 IST (Text) | 38144000345985 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kewanna-Union Twp PL - Kewanna | Y-978.02 KER (Text) | 35887000304138 | Youth Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 0761361006 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780761361008 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
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40 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
print - Publisher: Minneapolis : Lerner Publiction Co., [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 39) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Did villains in the Wild West really tie their victims to railroad tracks? -- Was there really a gunfight at the OK Corral? -- Did thousands of people rush to California when gold was discovered there? -- Did most pioneers live on farms miles away from their neighbors? -- Did kids really go to school in one-room schoolhouses? -- Were horses the most common animal used in the settlement of the West? -- Did cowboys really wear big hats, chaps, and boots? -- Did Native American chiefs wear feather headdresses? -- Did swarms of grasshoppers attack pioneer farms? -- Did stagecoaches really get robbed and attacked on their way West? -- Did workers really drive in a golden spike to finish the transcontinental railroad? -- Were most railroad workers in the West Chinese? -- Was Calamity Jane a real person? -- Did people called buffalo soldiers really fight on the Western Frontier (and if so, who were they)? -- Did Native Americans use every part of the buffalo they hunted? -- Were there really haunted ghost towns in the West? -- Did people really shout "Remember the Alamo" at a famous battle in the West? -- Glossary -- Selected bibliography -- Further reading -- Index. |
| Summary, etc.: | Discusses the facts and myths about life in the nineteenth century American West, including if cowboys wore large hats, if stagecoaches were robbed, and if Calamity Jane was a real person. |
| Target Audience Note: | IG 820 Lexile. |
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| Subject: | West (U.S.) History 19th century Miscellanea West (U.S.) History 19th century Miscellanea Juvenile literature |
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