Tells the stories of fifteen men and women whose individual experiences provide a representative picture of life during the formative years of the American West.
General Note
Includes index.
Based on the public television series "The West".
Content Note
Sweet medicine -- Cabeza de Vaca -- Kit Carson -- Narcissa Whitman -- Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo -- William Swain -- "John Chinaman" builds a railroad -- Teddy Blue Abbott -- Uriah and Mattie Oblinger -- Chief Joseph -- Emmeline Wells -- Pap Singleton -- Buffalo Bird Woman and Wolf Chief.