When women moved to the American West with the great migration of the 1800s, they left behind some of the constricting rules of femininity, becoming...
The Cowgirl Way
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Cynthia Green
Lighting Out for the Territory
In July 1861, 25-year-old Sam Clemens left Missouri with his brother to head to the West. He wasn’t necessarily avoiding the Civil War, but he was...
Lighting Out for the Territory
In July 1861, 25-year-old Sam Clemens left Missouri with his brother to head to the West. He wasn’t necessarily avoiding the Civil War, but he was...
Wildwood Stables
Grades 3-7: No matter how much classmates tease her, nothing interests eighth-grader Taylor Henry as much as horses. In Daring to Dream, when a...
Blue-Eyed Devil
Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back after their wild ride in Appaloosa in Robert Parker’s Blue-Eyed Devil. This time they are on the wrong side...
Sam Houston: Standing Firm (Children’s Book)
Ages 5-7: This story is a simple account of the many accomplishments of Sam Houston (1793-1863). From a rural childhood in Tennessee, he went on to...
Family Ranch: Land, Children, and Tradition in the American West (Nonfiction)
As activists used to say: the personal is political, and so it is with modern family ranching in the West. These stories of six ranching families...
Longhorns and Outlaws (Children’s Books)
Ages 9-14: Lucas and Gil Vogel lose everything when the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 sweeps away their parents, their Texas homestead and life as...
As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart (Nonfiction)
Seven years after his death in 1918, Granville Stuart’s second wife published his two-volume pioneer memoir. In it, he had romanticized his 40 years...
Sacajawea (Children’s Book)
Ages 12 and Up: Abenaki author Joseph Bruchac has written more than 100 books for adults and children about Indian experience. This time he honors...
Rabbit Creek Country (Nonfiction)
Walking in the northern Colorado foothills, the author discovered an abandoned ranch. Intrigued, he unearthed the social history of the area as well...
The Lost Boy: With Penny the Mustang Pony (Children’s Book)
Ages 4-8: This is the fourth story in a picture book series about the wild pony named Penny. The playful mustang and her friend Star discover a...