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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61687645 Title: Into the West : from Reconstruction to the final days of the American frontier Author: James M McPherson Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, ©2006. ISBN/ISSN: 0689865430 9780689865435 1416928227 9781416928225 OCLC:61687645

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Into the West : from Reconstruction to the final days of the American frontier

Author:	James M McPherson
Publisher:	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, ©2006.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Juvenile audience : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	With profiles of Jesse James and the Outlaws, reviews of the California Gold Rush, and the Battle of Little Bighorn, this informative guide takes an in-depth look at the people, places, and events that played a role in developing the Old West and American Frontier, complete with maps, period photos, and illustrations. --Publisher's description. Read about the Old West and its people.
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Subjects	Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Juvenile literature. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Juvenile literature. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Literature Biographies Biography History Juvenile works Juvenile literature Biography Juvenile literature
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: McPherson, James M. Into the West. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, ©2006 (OCoLC)894798799
Material Type:	Juvenile audience
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ISBN:	0689865430 9780689865435 1416928227 9781416928225
OCLC Number:	61687645
Description:	96 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm
Contents:	Civil War -- Reconstruction begins: 1863-1864 -- Homestead Act -- American frontier: 1865 -- First settlers: Native Americans -- Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and presidential reconstruction -- "Contrabands" and Freedmen -- Carpetbaggers and scalawags -- Transcontinental Railroad -- Civil War amendments -- Land and social reform in the South -- Sodbusters and barbed wire -- Congressional reconstruction -- Impeachment of Andrew Johnson -- President Ulysses S. Grant -- Corruption, scandal, and the Civil Service -- Immigrants -- Roughing it: Women on the Frontier -- Wyoming territory and women's suffrage -- Civil Rights Act of 1875 -- Prejudice, racism, and the Ku Klux Klan -- End of Reconstruction: 1877 -- Cowboy -- Cattle drives -- Map for highways for the herds -- Broken treaties and reservations -- Outlaws -- Wild west in popular culture -- Lawmen -- Indian wars in the Northern plains -- Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and the Sioux -- Battle of the Little Bighorn -- Buffalo soldiers -- Frontier arts and letters -- Indian wars in the Southwest -- Geronimo and the Apache -- Ghost dance -- Last days of the Frontier: 1890 -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- American frontier web sites -- Index.
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With profiles of Jesse James and the Outlaws, reviews of the California Gold Rush, and the Battle of Little Bighorn, this informative guide takes an in-depth look at the people, places, and events that played a role in developing the Old West and American Frontier, complete with maps, period photos, and illustrations. --Publisher's description.

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