Noted storyteller and student of the Wild West, Paul Robert Walker presents ten legends about both famous and little known characters and events and arranges them in chronological order to create a delightfully readable and highly entertaining history of the West from the early 1800s to the turn of the century. You'll join Lewis and Clark as they search for a route to the Pacific Ocean; Jedediah Smith as he leads the first overland expedition to California; Narcissa Whitman and Jane Spalding as they become the first women to cross the Oregon Trail; and James Marshall as he discovers gold in California. You'll learn how a dead cow started 25 years of warfare between Indians and white settlers; ride with the Pony Express; have a ringside seat when the golden spike completing the first Transcontinental Railroad is driven into the ground; fight with General Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn; shoot it out with the Earps, Doc Holliday, the McLaurys, and the Clantons in Tombstone; and go north to the Klondike to make your fortune in gold. Lively quotes and historical images bring each colorful story to life. Visiting the sites, consulting with experts, and meticulously studying letters, journals, newspaper articles, and legal testimonies Walker peels away the myths from the legends to present True Tales of the Wild West.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called True Tales Of the Wild West .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published in 2002 by National Geographic Kids .

Paul Robert Walker has written screenplays, magazine articles, and books for young people and adults. Before he began research for Pride of Puerto Rico, Walker knew only Roberto Clemente's reputation as a baseball star but soon came to know and respect Clemente as an extraordinary man.