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Books in Legends of the Wild West series

  • Wyatt Earp: Legends of the West

    Michael E Goodman

    Hardcover (Creative Education, July 30, 2005)
    Profiles Wyatt Earp, a peace officer in the "Wild West" who is remembered for his part in a gunfight at the O.K. Corral, where a dozen men fought, several died, and only Wyatt was not shot.
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  • Wild Bill Hickok

    Richard O'Connor

    Hardcover (Longmeadow Press, March 15, 1987)
    Wild Bill Hickok is an authoritative and lively biography of one of the most colorful characters in the Wild West. Richard O'Conner tells the story of the deadliest gunslinger of his time, a two-legged, half-blind shooting gallery, a knight chivalric of the plains who inspired a thousand tales, each one taller than the last and many of them true
  • First Woman and the Strawberry: A Cherokee Legend

    Gloria Dominic, Charles Reasoner

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Feb. 1, 1998)
    Tells the story of an argument between First Man and First Woman and how the first strawberry was created
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  • Calamity Jane: Legends of the West

    Sara Gilbert

    Hardcover (Creative Education, July 30, 2005)
    Learn about the life of Calamity Jane. Includes glossary, index, photographs and illustrations.
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  • Golden Slipper - Pbk

    Lum

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Jan. 1, 1998)
    A variation on the Cinderella story, in which a kind-hearted young woman meets her prince with the help of animals she has befriended
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  • The Black Cowboys

    John Wukovits

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 1997)
    A history of the exploits of Jim Beckwourth, Bill Pickett, Bose Ikard, and other African-American cowboys who contributed to the development of the American West
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  • Song of the Hermit Thrush: An Iroquois Legend

    Dominic

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Aug. 1, 1998)
    The animals and birds of the forest hold a contest to choose which will sing a song to greet the day
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  • Gift Of The Nile - Pbk

    Jan M. Mike, Charles Reasoner

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Jan. 10, 1996)
    During a magical boat ride on the Nile, Mutemwia proves that her love for the Pharaoh is a gift of the heart and needs no cage to hold it.
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  • Annie Oakley

    John Wukovits

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 1997)
    Recounts the life of the markswoman and performer who achieved fame with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show
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  • Juan Bobo and the Horse of Seven Colors: A Puerto Rican Legend

    Jan M. Mike, Charles Reasoner

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, Jan. 1, 1996)
    After winning seven wishes from a magical horse, the foolish Juan Bobo wastes six of them on his way to try to make the king's daughter laugh
  • Jesse James: Legends of the West

    Aaron Frisch

    Hardcover (Creative Education, July 30, 2005)
    Looks at the life of the notorious robber, from his experiences as a teenage guerrilla soldier for the Confederates in the Civil War, through his life as a criminal, to his eventual murder at the hands of a former member of his gang.
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  • Child of the Sun: A Cuban Legend

    Sandra Arnold, Dave Albers

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Dec. 6, 1997)
    Greedy Sun refuses to share the sky with Moon in this Cuban legend that explains why solar eclipses occur
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