Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You about Westward Expansion

By Steve Sheinkin

Book Overview

History--with the good bits put back. Discover the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds and derring-do that won the American West. With a storyteller's voice and attention to the details that make history real and interesting, Steve Sheinkin's "Which Way to the Wild West? "delivers America's greatest adventure. From the Louisiana Purchase (remember: if you're negotiating a treaty for your country, play it cool.) to the gold rush (there were only three ways to get to California--all of them bad) to the life of the cowboy, the Indian wars, and the everyday happenings that defined living on the frontier.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596433213
• ISBN13: 9781596433212
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8