Search Results: Returned 19 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 19
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-- Legends and lies: the real West2015., Henry Holt and Co. Call No: J BIO 978 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Summary Note: "The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's documentary television series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know : How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman--and was he an African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman bandit" and one of the west's most famous stagecoach robbers? Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid really die in a hail of bullets in South America? Generations of Americans have grown up on TV shows, movies and books about these western icons. But what really happened in the Wild West? All the stories you think you know, and others that will astonish you, are here--some heroic, some brutal and bloody, all riveting. Included are the ten legends featured in Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies docuseries --from Kit Carson to Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok to Doc Holliday-- accompanied by two bonus chapters on Daniel Boone and Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley. Frontier America was a place where instinct mattered more than education, and courage was necessary for survival. It was a place where luck made a difference and legends were made. Heavily illustrated with spectacular artwork that further brings this history to life, and told in fast-paced, immersive narrative, Legends and Lies is an irresistible, adventure-packed ride back into one of the most storied era of our nation's rich history"--
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2000., Adult, Delacorte Press Call No: BIOG 813 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Homer Hickam chronicles the events that took place during his senior year in his hometown of Coalwood, West Virginia.
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c1992., 5-8, Millbrook Press Call No: J HIST 978 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: American albums from the collections of the Library of CongressSummary Note: Describes and illustrates the western territorial expansion of the United States, from post-Revolution territorial activities of the former thirteen colonies to the last military clashes in the early 1900s, through a variety of images created during that period.
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-- Ralph Compton.[2022]., Adults, Berkley Call No: AW COM Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The gunfighter series.Summary Note: Augustus Yarrow is a top lawman, noted for going undercover to ferret out criminals: everyone from bank robbers to corrupt officials. He's the best of the best ... until he winds up dead. Isaac Scott is looking for something better than his life of riding the rails when the man he's sharing a car with is shot. There's money and mysterious papers on the man, who attempts to tell Ike something with his dying breat, right before Ike himself is arrested. When he's mysteriously freed, Ike realizes it's because the papers declare that he's Deputy Marshal Yarrow. Ike wants nothing to do with it. But when he stumbles across illegal shipments of enough arms and ammunition to start a war, Ike knows he's the only person who can stop the catastrophe from occurring - even if it means becoming a counterfeit lawman.--
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[2020]., Adults, Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp. Call No: AW MCC Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Pinnacle western.Summary Note: "At long last, U.S. Marshal Aaron Mackey and Deputy Billy Sunday will see crime baron James Grant and his kill-crazy cronies stand trial for the mayhem and suffering they unleashed on the people of Dover Station. But as Montana Territory's statehood is approaching, murdering devils like Grant can no longer be tolerated in positions of political power. Or can they? Montana's capital of Helena follows its own set of laws--laws that not only set Grant free, but give peacekeeping authority to a sadistic murdering gunslinger like Colonel Warren Bell, Mackey's commanding officer during the war. The city's leaders prefer keeping killers like Grant and Bell under their thumbs. Mackey knows there's no controlling these bloodthirsty madmen. And if they think they're above the law, then Mackey and Billy will just have to appoint themselves judge, jury, and executioners..."--
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c1992., 5-8, Millbrook Press Call No: J HIST 973 Edition: A Millbrook Press library ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: American albums from the collections of the Library of CongressSummary Note: Describes and illustrates the exploration of the American frontier from 1776 to the late nineteenth century, through a variety of images created during that period.
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2006, c2005., Adult, Scribner Call No: BIOG 362.82 Edition: 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The author recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcohol father and distant mother and describes how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources and will to leave home.
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2005., Ages 3-6, Abdo Pub. Co. Call No: J BIO 634.11 Edition: Library bound ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Recounts the story of the man who traveled west planting apple seeds to make the country a better place to live.
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[2015]., Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint Call No: J BIO 634 .11 092 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Picture window books. American folk legendsSummary Note: Relates the life of John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, who is famed for his distribution of apple seeds and trees across America.
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1992., 5-8, Millbrook Press Call No: J HIST 978 Edition: A Millbrook Press library ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: American albums from the collections of the Library of CongressSummary Note: Describes and illustrates the American West from 1763 to 1912 through a variety of images created during that period.
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1999, c1998., Adult, Dell/Island Books Call No: BIOG 629.1 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Homer Hickam, the introspective son of a mine superintendent and a mother determined to get him out of Coalwood, West Virginia forever, nurtures a dream to send rockets into outer space--an ambition that changes his life and the lives of everyone living in Coalwood in 1957.
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c1993., Young Adult, Time-Life Books Call No: BIOG 973 .0496073 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: African Americans, voices of triumphSummary Note: Text, illustrations, and photographs discuss the fundamental role that African Americans have played in the making of the American republic.
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[1975]., Adults, Time-Life Books Call No: HIST 386 .0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Old West (Alexandria, Va.)Summary Note: Traces the history of transportation on the Missouri River in the nineteenth century and its impact on the development of the West.
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[2021]., Adults, Bethany House, A division of Baker Publishing Group Call No: FIC SNE Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Leah's garden Volume: #1.Summary Note: "Larkspur Nielsen is ready for change, frustrated by the small-mindedness of her Ohio hometown and its lack of opportunity for her or her younger sisters. But the push to leave comes faster than she ever expected when several of her bold actions for justice earn her vindictive enemies. Overnight, they must pack up and ready to make a new life out West, hoping to escape notice and any opportunities for revenge. Knowing that four women traveling together will draw unwanted attention, Larkspur dons a disguise, passing herself off as 'Clark' Nielsen accompanying his three sisters. But maintaining the ruse is more difficult than Larkspur imagined, as is protecting her headstrong, starry-eyed sisters from difficult circumstances and available young men. Will reaching a safe place to call home ever be possible?"--Page 4 of cover.
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1981, ©1974., Adults, Time-Life Books Call No: HIST 970.5 Edition: Revised edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Old West (Alexandria, Va.)
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c1986., Adult, Time-Life Books Call No: HIST 973.7 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Civil WarSummary Note: Photographs and text describe the Civil War in the West.
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-- True stories of the people who make Vegas, Vegas.2023., Adult, Little, Brown and Company Call No: SOCI 979.3 135 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas--until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling journey through true stories of excess, drama, and hope. In What Really Happens in Vegas, full of surprises for both newcomers and Las Vegas regulars, James Patterson and Vanity Fair contributing editor Mark Seal transport readers from the thrill of adrenaline-fueled vice to the glitter of A-list celebrity and entertainment." --
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-- Bob Arvin story.[2017], Adult, Stunt3 Multimedia LLC Call No: DVD VID Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Where The Brave Dare to Tread chronicles the life of Captain C. Robert "Bob" Arvin. A native of Ypsilanti, Michigan, Bob Arvin was an Ypsilanti High School Valedictorian, State Champion Wrestler, President of his class, and much more. Spurning Ivy League offers, Arvin set his sites on West Point, and had a remarkable four years culminating in being named Brigade Commander, the top Cadet of class of 1965. This film is a celebration of a great American soldier, husband, son, and friend.
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-- Yellowstone.[2019]., Adults, Paramount Call No: DVD TV Series Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Amid shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds, and hard-earned respect, Dutton family patriarch John Dutton is determined to protect his ranch and his family's legacy by any means necessary.
