Our Frontier Book Library
Great Books to Step in Time with! Pioneer Book Choices:
Selected Titles
The Last of the Mohicans - During the fierce French and Indian wars, an adroit scout named Hawkeye and his companion Chingachgook weave through the spectacular and dangerous wilderness of upstate New York, fighting to save the beautiful Munro sisters from the Huron renegade Magua.. The most popular of the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper.
Undaunted Courage - Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. The most momentous pioneering effort in our nation's history. Previously unknown information provides realistic account through Lewis's eyes.
The Real Deadwood - provides background and historical accuracy for the figures depicted on the hit HBO series, and takes a broader look at the times that spawned them. Covering law and order, politics, journalism, and early medicine.
Tough Towns: True Tales from the Gritty Streets of the Old West - The lawless days Old West lasted only a short time, but the stories of its outlaws and the havoc they wreaked are legendary. Tough Towns reveals the small American towns that fought back when criminal gangs invaded their quiet streets, making heroes of ordinary citizens and local lawmen who wouldn't be pushed around by armed hoodlums.
Men of the West - With over 135 photographs, this breathtaking work portrays the men who explored and staked claim to the frontier. Also available: Women of the West.
Moonshine Recipes - Now, here's a volume you can really drink to! Something's brewing in these pages, and it's moonshine--a word that evokes fascination, curiosity, and a warm sense of nostalgia.
Great Ghost Towns of the West - Hundreds of ghost towns spot the American West. But who lived in them? Why did they fail? Why do they intrigue us so? 130 wonderfully evocative color photographs of these windblown towns. Looking at them, one can almost hear the sound of poker chips falling in the old Main Street saloon.
Gunfighters: The Outlaws and Their Weapons - The gritty lives of legendary outlaws like Jesse James, John Westley Hardin, and the Dalton Brothers, who famously ditched their deputy badges to commit crimes from Indian Territory to California, New Mexico, and Oklahoma before being gunned down.
The Frontiersmen (The Winning of America Series), Vol. 1 - A fiery orator, a brilliant diplomat, a revolutionary thinker, a political & military genius--the man named Tecumseh became a legend among Native Americans & whites. In this meticulously researched biography, 5-time Pulitzer Prize nominee Allan W. Eckert fleshes out the details of a fascinating life & corrects the mistakes of previous accounts.
The Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail traces a journey into the heart of the American Plains by Francis Parkman, who undertook his 1846 expedition in order to document the vanishing frontier; his keen observations and vivid style quickly established his reputation. Parkman depicts the hardships of travel across mountains and prairies, sketching vibrant portraits of his encounters with other sojourners as well as Western wildlife.