World of the Wild West

by Harrison, Peter; Hunt, Norman Bancroft

• ISBN13: 9781842152331
• ISBN10: 1842152335
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

What was life like for the pioneers who braved the journey across a wilderness and the Native Americans who were confronted by the newcomers? Meet the cowboys who lived their hard, lonely life driving cattle across vast distances, and the outlaws who found it easier to live by their guns than by more honest means. The atmosphere of the Wild West comes alive, with real-life accounts, photographs from the times, and images from the movies. Find out what kind of people went to the West, how they travelled, where they lived and how they survived. There are 10 practical projects to make and do, including cooking a cowboy meal and making Native American-style jewellery, to give you first-hand experience of this time of excitement and upheaval.-- 10 step-by-step projects inspired by the Wild West-- Over 200 colour illustrations bring the past vividly alive-- See right inside a settler's wagon as it rolls across the prairie

Table of Contents

A Human Flood	4	(2)
The Wide West	6	(2)
This Land is Our Land	8	(2)
Beautiful Beadwork	10	(2)
Three Worlds	12	(2)
Moving Home	14	(2)
Carving out the Trail	16	(2)
Traveler's Tales	18	(2)
The Gold Rush	20	(2)
The Iron Horse	22	(2)
Git Along, Cowboy	24	(2)
Worn With Pride	26	(2)
Working Women	28	(2)
Getting into Gear	30	(2)
Prairie Wagon	32	(2)
Cowboy Cookout	34	(2)
Western Weapons	36	(2)
Overnight Towns	38	(2)
Safe and Sound	40	(2)
The Wild Bunch	42	(2)
Keen 'Em Posted	44	(2)
Horsing Around	46	(2)
The Good Earth	48	(2)
Patchwork Patterns	50	(2)
On the Warpath	52	(2)
A World of Animals	54	(2)
Picture Stories	56	(2)
Silver Screen Cowboys	58	(2)
Timeline	60	(2)
Glossary	62	(2)
Index	64