Library's review
Cowgirls and rodeo stars take center stage in this book about women such as Calamity Jane and Annie Oakley who had a lasting impact on the settling of the western frontier. Bibliography, Index.
Genres
Lexile
1180L
Publication
Houghton Mifflin (2010), Edition: 1, 112 pages
Description
Discusses the migration of people from the eastern part of America to the western frontier in the 1840s and the related origins of the cowgirl in the form of sharpshooters, outlaws, legislators, wranglers, and performers who helped settle the American West.
Awards
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2011)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
112
Physical description
112 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
9780618737383
UPC
046442737388
DDC/MDS
| 920.70978 |
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