Bibliograph

People of the West, by Dayton Duncan ; with an introduction by Stephen Ives and Ken Burns

Type

Label

People of the West, by Dayton Duncan ; with an introduction by Stephen Ives and Ken Burns

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

People of the West

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

by Dayton Duncan ; with an introduction by Stephen Ives and Ken Burns

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Creator