The real story of the ordeal experienced by both settlers and Indians during the Europeans' great migration west across America, from the colonies to California

This easy-reading autobiography of bear hunting and Indian fighting — written in 1834, two years before Crockett met his fate at the Alamo — popularized tal

In 1826 an undersized sixteen-year-old apprentice ran away from a saddle maker in Franklin, Missouri, to join one of the first wagon trains crossing the prairie

Briefly tells the story of this nineteenth-century painter and naturalist who is most famous for his detailed paintings of birds.