The Mammoth Book of the West: The Making of the American West

by LEWIS JON E.

• ISBN13: 9780786708642
• ISBN10: 0786708646
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-08
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

The story of the American West is one of the great epics of mankind. This exhilarating account is at once a complete, anecdotal history and a compendium of Western lore. It shows what life on the frontier was really like and portrays the brave, strong and sometimes violent men and women who explored, fought for and finally tamed a continent.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Part I The Way West
Prologue	3	(7)
Into the Wilderness	10	(4)
The Clash of Empire	14	(6)
Daniel Boone and the Bluegrass	20	(4)
The Revolution in the West	24	(10)
The Voyage of Lewis and Clark	34	(10)
Pike's Progress, Long's Labour	44	(6)
Of Mountain Men and Furs	50	(12)
``And Remember the Alamo''	62	(15)
Pioneers Across the Plains	77	(19)
The Donner Tragedy	96	(7)
Westward With God	103	(9)
The Gold Rush	112	(16)
Motive Power	128	(21)
Part II The Trampling Herd
Prologue	147	(2)
The Cradle of the Cattle Kingdom	149	(6)
On the Trail	155	(16)
Babylons of the Plains	171	(10)
``Oh, To Be a Cowboy''	181	(15)
Bonanzaland	196	(10)
Billy the Kid	206	(16)
Snow, Sheep and Blood	222	(46)
Part III The Lawless Land
Prologue	251	(17)
The Outlaw Breed	268	(12)
Jesse James and His Men	280	(14)
Frontier Lawmen	294	(9)
The Legend and Life of Wyatt Earp	303	(10)
Texas Rangers, Pinkerton Detectives	313	(16)
Wild, Wild Women	329	(16)
Part IV The Indian Wars
Prologue	339	(6)
War Comes to the Land of Little Rain	345	(8)
The Great Sioux Uprising	353	(6)
Sand Creek	359	(8)
Red Cloud's War	367	(14)
Blood on the Grasslands	381	(24)
The Struggle for the Staked Plains	405	(10)
Little Big Horn	415	(16)
Geronimo, Apache Tiger	431	(19)
Ghost Dancers	450	(12)
Part V The Last Days of the West
Prologue	459	(3)
Settling the Great Plains	462	(17)
The Wild Bunch	479	(10)
The Saga of Tom Horn	489	(6)
Wild West Shows and Rodeos	495	(8)
Afterword: The West in the Movies	503	(12)
Appendix I: Chronology of the American West	515	(14)
Appendix II: Bibliography	529	(16)
Appendix III: The American Indian Nations of North America	545	(6)
Index	551