Fiction

Cushman, Karen
BALLAD OF LUCY WHIPPLE
A western frontier adventure in the Gold-rush days about twelve-year-old strong-minded Lucy and her family in a rough California mining town. Fic

Dorris, Michael
SEES BEHIND TREES
A Native American boy with a special gift to "see" beyond his poor eyesight journeys with an old warrior to a land of mystery and beauty. Fic

Morris, Ting
HOME ON THE PRAIRIE
Adventures of one family of pioneer settlers on the prairie. Easy 3

Myers, Walter
JOURNAL OF JOSHUA LOPER : A Black Cowboy
Joshua Loper, a sixteen-year-old black cowboy, records his experiences in his journal while making his first cattle drive under an unsympathetic trail boss. Fic

Ryan, Pam Munoz
ESPERANZA RISING
When a sudden tragedy shatters Esperanza's sheltered world, she and her mother emigrate to California to work in the fields and start a new life. Fic

Scieszka, Jon
GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE GOOFY
The Time Warp Trio finds themselves in the Wild West of yesteryear, rubbing elbows with cowboys and Indians. Fic

Tripp, Valerie
JOSEFINA SAVES THE DAY
In Santa Fe, Josefina meets a surprising stranger - an americano. He's funny and friendly, but can he be trusted? Fic

Wilder, Laura Ingalls
LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS
Pioneer life in a little log cabin in Wisconsin of 1871. The first beloved, well-known book in the Little House series. Fic

Yep, Laurence
DRAGON'S GATE
When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867. Fic

Non-Fiction

Furbee, Mary Rodd
OUTRAGEOUS WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER
F 596 F94 2002

Peltz, Ruth
WOMEN OF THE WILD WEST : Biographies From Many Cultures
F 596 P45 1995

Randolph, Ryan P.
BLACK COWBOYS
F 596 R 3586 2003

Ancona, George
CHARRO : The Mexican Cowboy
F 1210 A747 1999

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