From tales of early baseball in the old west to the young men who fought for Texas Independence, these short stories by experts in their fields bring together a different view of the American West—the tales of the young men and women who were part of the story. Authors included in the anthology: Larry Bjornson; Johnny D. Boggs; Joseph Bruchac; S.J. Dahlstrom; Chris Enss; Rocky Gibbons; William Groneman; Frank Keating; Jean A. Lukesh; Bill Markley; Matthew Mayo; Rod Miller; Micki Milom; Sherry Monahan; Candy Moulton; Nancy Oswald; Nancy Plain; Vicky Rose; Quackgrass Sally; Candace Simar; Ginger Wadsworth
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Winner of Will Rogers Medallion Awards - Western Non-Fiction - Young Readers 2022.
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The Last Drop: From Death to Life at Madison Buffalo Jump |
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Eagle of Delight: The Plains Indian Girl in the White House |
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15 | (5) |
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Enrique Esparza Remembered the Alamo |
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20 | (6) |
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Katie Jennings and John Jenkins: Young Heroes for Texas Independence |
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26 | (5) |
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Lotta Crabtree: Child Star of the Gold Rush |
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31 | (7) |
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Boys on the Trail: Surviving on Bark and Burnt Rawhide |
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38 | (6) |
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44 | (7) |
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51 | (5) |
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Howdy, Pilgrim: Quakers in Wild West Texas |
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56 | (8) |
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64 | (7) |
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Stagecoach Mary Fields: Tough and Tender Woman of the West |
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71 | (4) |
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Solomon D. Butcher, Camera-Toting Pioneer |
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75 | (7) |
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Theodore Roosevelt and the River Pirates |
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82 | (6) |
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John Muir: Roaming and Writing on the Range of Light |
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88 | (6) |
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A Boy, Bloomers, and Baseball in the West: Smoky Joe Wood and the Bloomer Girls |
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94 | (5) |
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Earl Bascom and His Bronc-Bustin Brothers: Fathers of Modern Rodeo |
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99 | (6) |
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105 | (6) |
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Fire and Tragedy: Joe Thurston and the Granite Mountain Hotshots |
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111 | (6) |
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117 | (7) |
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| For More Information |
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| About the Authors |
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With more than 650 members including Anne Hillerman, Kirk Ellis, Craig Johnson, and Sandra Dallas, the sixty-year-old Western Writers of America has members all over the United States writing in genres from traditional western fiction to suspense to academic nonfiction. The contributing writers for this anthology represent award-winning experts from a variety of genres.
Editor Nancy Plain is an award-winning writer of biographies and histories for readers of all ages.
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