What Was the Wild West?

by Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ, Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)

Overview

Saddle up and get ready for a ride back into the wild and wooly past of the American West.

The west was at its wildest from 1865 to 1895, when territories west of the Mississippi River remained untamed and lawless. Famous for cowboys, American Indians, lawmen, gunslingers, pioneers, and prospectors, this period in US history captures the imagination of all kids and now is brought vividly to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780399544248
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	04/25/2017
Series:	What Was? Series
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	222,883
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	820L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Janet B. Pascal is the Executive Production Editor at Viking Children's Books and the author of Who Was Dr. Seuss?, Who Was Maurice Sendak?, Who Was Abraham Lincoln?, What Is the Panama Canal?, and What Was the Hindenburg?

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