Why cows need cowboys : and other seldom-told tales from the American West /
Why cows need cowboys : and other seldom-told tales from the American West /
edited by Nancy Plain, and Rachelle "Rocky" Gibbons.
- 142 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why Cows Need Cowboys / Larry Bjornson -- The Last Drop: From Death to Life at Madison Buffalo Jump / Matthew P. Mayo -- Eagle of Delight: The Plains Indian Girl in the White House / Jean A. Lukesh -- Enrique Esparza Remembered the Alamo / William Groneman III -- Katie Jennings and John Jenkins: Young Heroes for Texas Independence / Easy Jackson -- Lotta Crabtree, Child Star of the Gold Rush / Chris Enss -- Boys on the Trail: Surviving on Bark and Burnt Rawhide / Candy Moulton -- Pony Trail Tales / Quackgrass Sally -- Grasshoppers for Supper / Candace Simar -- Howdy, Pilgrim: Quakers in Wild West Texas / S.J. Dahlstrom -- Coal for Supper /Nancy Oswald -- Stagecoach Mar y Fields: Tough and Tender Woman of the West / Vonn McKee -- Solomon D. Butcher, Camera-Toting Pioneer / Nancy Plain -- Theodore Roosevelt and the River Pirates / Bill Markley -- John Muir: Roaming and Writing on the Range of Light / Ginger Wadsworth -- A Boy, Bloomers, and Baseball in the West: Smoky Joe Wood and the Bloomer Girls / Johnny D. Boggs -- Earl Bascom and His Bronc-Bustin' Brothers: Fathers of Modern Rodeo / Rod Miller -- Unbreakable Navajos / Joseph Bruchac -- Fire and Tragedy: Joe Thurston and the Granite Mountain Hotshots / Rachelle "Rocky" Gibbons -- Holidays on the Frontier / Sherry Monahan.
"From tales of early baseball in the old west to the young men who fought for Texas Independence, these short stories by experts in their fields bring together a different view of the American West-the tales of the young men and women who were part of the story. Authors included in the anthology: Larry Bjornson; Johnny D. Boggs; Joseph Bruchac; S.J. Dahlstrom; Chris Enss; Rocky Gibbons; William Groneman; Frank Keating; Jean A. Lukesh; Bill Markley; Matthew Mayo; Rod Miller; Micki Milom; Sherry Monahan; Candy Moulton; Nancy Oswald; Nancy Plain; Vicky Rose; Quackgrass Sally; Candace Simar; Ginger Wadsworth"-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 13-15 TwoDot. Grades 7-9 TwoDot.
9781493051076 1493051075
2020055794
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why Cows Need Cowboys / Larry Bjornson -- The Last Drop: From Death to Life at Madison Buffalo Jump / Matthew P. Mayo -- Eagle of Delight: The Plains Indian Girl in the White House / Jean A. Lukesh -- Enrique Esparza Remembered the Alamo / William Groneman III -- Katie Jennings and John Jenkins: Young Heroes for Texas Independence / Easy Jackson -- Lotta Crabtree, Child Star of the Gold Rush / Chris Enss -- Boys on the Trail: Surviving on Bark and Burnt Rawhide / Candy Moulton -- Pony Trail Tales / Quackgrass Sally -- Grasshoppers for Supper / Candace Simar -- Howdy, Pilgrim: Quakers in Wild West Texas / S.J. Dahlstrom -- Coal for Supper /Nancy Oswald -- Stagecoach Mar y Fields: Tough and Tender Woman of the West / Vonn McKee -- Solomon D. Butcher, Camera-Toting Pioneer / Nancy Plain -- Theodore Roosevelt and the River Pirates / Bill Markley -- John Muir: Roaming and Writing on the Range of Light / Ginger Wadsworth -- A Boy, Bloomers, and Baseball in the West: Smoky Joe Wood and the Bloomer Girls / Johnny D. Boggs -- Earl Bascom and His Bronc-Bustin' Brothers: Fathers of Modern Rodeo / Rod Miller -- Unbreakable Navajos / Joseph Bruchac -- Fire and Tragedy: Joe Thurston and the Granite Mountain Hotshots / Rachelle "Rocky" Gibbons -- Holidays on the Frontier / Sherry Monahan.
"From tales of early baseball in the old west to the young men who fought for Texas Independence, these short stories by experts in their fields bring together a different view of the American West-the tales of the young men and women who were part of the story. Authors included in the anthology: Larry Bjornson; Johnny D. Boggs; Joseph Bruchac; S.J. Dahlstrom; Chris Enss; Rocky Gibbons; William Groneman; Frank Keating; Jean A. Lukesh; Bill Markley; Matthew Mayo; Rod Miller; Micki Milom; Sherry Monahan; Candy Moulton; Nancy Oswald; Nancy Plain; Vicky Rose; Quackgrass Sally; Candace Simar; Ginger Wadsworth"-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 13-15 TwoDot. Grades 7-9 TwoDot.
9781493051076 1493051075
2020055794
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.