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Las profecías mayas (Best seller (Debolsillo (Firm)))
By Maurice Cotterell, Gilbert Cotterell. 2010
An author and a scientist explore the Mesoamerican civilization of the Maya. They analyze Mayan history, cosmology, and astronomy, with…
an emphasis on concepts of time and the predictions that the world will end in 2012. Translated from English. Spanish language. 2009The Sundance Kid: the life of Harry Alonzo Longabaugh
By Donna B. Ernst. 2009
Descendants of Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, who was known as the Sundance Kid, present new information on the infamous outlaw, from…
his early years in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, to his supposed death in San Vicente, Bolivia. They correct historical inaccuracies like Sundance's alleged participation in the 1897 Belle Fourche bank robbery. 2009Before Columbus: the Americas of 1491
By Charles C. Mann. 2009
Portrays Native American societies in North, Central, and South America--their governments, agriculture, trade, and engineering feats. Discusses the age of…
the "New World," the military success of Europeans against larger armies, and whether the Americas were really a wilderness. Based on 1491 (DB 61198). For grades 5-8. 2009Life in the saddle (The Western Frontier Library Series #21)
By Frank Collinson. 1997
Englishman Frank Collinson went to Texas in 1872 at age seventeen to work on a ranch. He lived the rest…
of his life in the southwestern United States, and at age seventy-nine he began writing articles for "Ranch Romances" about the Old West he knew and loved. In "Life in the Saddle," editor Mary Whatley Clarke has arranged his published articles, his letters, and transcriptions of his conversations. Violence and some strong languageUp the trail from Texas (Landmark books)
By J. Frank Dobie. 1955
In simple, yet colorful prose, J. Frank Dobie tells the story of life on the early cattle drives. He dispels…
the myth of cowboys as romantic figures, "dressed in silk and silver." Instead, he introduces the reader to a number of men who drove herds from Texas to Kansas, demonstrating the variety in their personalities and describing their hardships and achievementsLife of Tom Horn, government scout and interpreter
By Tom Horn. 1973
Tom Horn, an army scout and interpreter during the Apache wars, was hanged like a common criminal in 1903, many…
think mistakenly. His own account of his life begins when he was a runaway Missouri farm boy and provides a firsthand look at the military both great and small, at the wily Geronimo, the renegade Natchez, and old Chief Nana of the Apaches. Violence, for adult readersThe jump-off creek
By Molly Gloss. 1989
Oregon, 1895. Recent widow Lydia Sanderson travels from Pennsylvania to Oregon, where she homesteads on a sparse mountain. The harshness…
and difficulty of pioneer life is further complicated by squatters, loneliness, and isolationThree stones make a wall: the story of archaeology
By Eric H. Cline, Glynnis Fawkes. 2017
Eric Cline is an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience. Though archaeology began as an amateur pursuit,…
over the last century, it has become a cutting-edge science. In his newest book, Cline shares stories of the greatest archaeological sites and discoveries, as well as addressing the questions archaeologists are asked most often: How do you know where to dig? How are excavations actually done? How do you know how old something is? And Who gets to keep what is found?In recounting the chase, trial, capture and execution of Henry Plummer's notorious band of robbers by vigilantes, the author wanted…
to show how justice was carried out in Montana Territory without the sanction of constitutional lawProspecting for gold: from Dogtown to Virginia City, 1852-1864
By Granville Stuart. 1977
As a miner, Indian fighter, trader and cattle baron, Granville Stuart lived every phase of frontier life. This book contains…
his journals (1852-1864) which cover his experiences in California, including an account of the Rogue River War, and his move to Montana to prospect for gold. In 1860, Stuart became a permanent resident of Deer Lodge, MT and played a major role in Montana becoming a U.S. Territory. Stuart also served as Montana's first public librarianU-bet: a greenhorn in old Montana
By John R Barrows. 1990
Ubet was the name the author's father gave to the stagestop he established at the end of the Judith Basin…
in 1879. Barrows reminisces about his initiation as a cowboy at the famous DHS ranch under Granville Stuart. His humorous yarns and accurate descriptions of cowboy life in central Montana in the 1880's show how rapidly the territory changed from Indian-buffalo country to a land of ranches and rich farmsHomestead boy: true tales of the old West
By Charles Beardsley. 1989
Through the clear eyes of a young boy, author Charles Beardsley recounts what it was like living in Ismay, Montana,…
in the years before the Great Depression. In short vignettes, the author recreates in vivid detail a way of life that is no more, a time when the "bus" to the one-room schoolhouse was an old plowhorse. For high school and adult readersMaking hay (Vintage departures)
By Verlyn Klinkenborg. 1987
A contemporary look at American family farming. The author writes about his experiences visiting friends and relations who are living…
on farms in Minnesota, Iowa and Montana. The haying season provides him with lots of material for looking at how modern farmers do their job. For high school and adult readersPony express
By Fred Reinfeld. 1966
To link California to the Missouri frontier, an adventurous businessman created the Pony Express. Though it lasted just eighteen months,…
this rapid communications system, the first of the kind, found a lasting place in American history. For high school and adult readersLizzie: the letters of Elizabeth Chester Fisk, 1864-1893
By Elizabeth Chester Fisk. 1989
Pioneer Fisk (1846-1893) left Connecticut with her husband in 1867 to join the Montana gold rush and settle in Helena.…
Her letters back to New England friends and relatives are filled with her reactions to life on the frontierThe log of a cowboy: a narrative of the old trail days
By Andy Adams. 1964
Having spent 12 years in the saddle, Adams is able to give a compelling first-hand account about cowboy life and…
a cattle drive he made from Texas to the Blackfeet Agency in his early 20s. His "log" is a classic and authentic description of trail men and their work, cow horses and range cattle"Yellowstone Kelly": the memoirs of Luther S. Kelly
By Luther S Kelly. 1973
In his memoirs, Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly recounts his adventures while hunting and trapping in the northwest, particularly Montana. His extensive…
experience made him an invaluable scout with the U.S. Army, when the military was exploring the frontier and setting up outpostsTall in the saddle: the "Long George" Francis story, 1874-1920
By Gary A Wilson. 1989
The story of Montana cowboy, rustler, policeman, rodeo performer & promoter; "Long George" Francis. The events of Francis' dramatic life…
and death produced a legendary figure whose deeds were blown out of proportion creating Havre, MT's "outlaw," and the proclaimed Robin Hood of the Milk River countryRiding the high country
By Patrick T Tucker. 1987
Pat "Tommy" Tucker was C.M. Russell's mentor and friend. Looking backward to a culture now past, Tucker writes about his…
association with Russell during the cowboy artist's first years on the range. His tall tales and yarns recount cowboy culture as it really was; a man's world full of hard work and abundant comraderie, with little feminine influence. For high school and adult readersThe little kingdom
By Hughie Call. 1964
A mother's loving tribute to her daughter's special world. Born on her parents Montana sheep ranch, young Wezie Call filled…
her days with the companionship of animals, including horses, geese, sheep and a herd of turkeys. Call tells of her daughter's bond with the animals with sensitivity and charm. For high school and adult readers