Eyewitness to the Old West: First-Hand Accounts of Exploration, Adventure, and Peril

By Richard Scott

Book Overview

A collection of over 150 vignettes from the journals and diaries of people who lived or traveled in the Old West, these accounts begin with the sixteenth-century collisions between the Spaniards and the Indians and conclude with Black Elk's mournful description of the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890. Storytellers include explorers, missionaries, Indian leaders, a poet, an artist, and a future president.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570984263
• ISBN13: 9781570984266
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishers
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Great True Stories of the West

These short stories help paint a picture of what the real west was all about. The stories are told by all the different players who made the West what it was. The stories are short and entertaining and informative. I highly recommend this book for a slow, pick up and put down read.