John George Kootenai Brown could boast countless adventures: serving in the British Army in India, hunting buffalo on the plains of Manitoba, riding Pony Express for the U.S. Army and fighting as a staunch conservationist in the region that eventually became Waterton Lakes National Park. Follow along in this exciting account of his incredible exploits.

Kootenai Brown (Legends)

History

Hollihan, Tony

Americas

Folklore Publishing

From California's 49ers to the Klondikers in the Yukon, men and women with a lust for fortune and adventure stampeded to the gold fields of the West. All the biggest gold rushes of the 19th-century frontier are recounted in this exciting volume.

Gold Rushes (Legends)

The North-West Mounted Police was created in 1873 by Prime Minister John A. Macdonald in order to allow the fledgling nation of Canada to assert its authority over a vast tract of land in the west purchased from the Hudson's Bay Company. That early company of mounted police faced a brutal four-month march across a harsh wilderness. This book recounts their story.

The Mounties March West: The Epic Trek and Early Adventures of the Mounted Police (Legends)

The story of the great Oglala Sioux war chief who joined forces with Sitting Bull to keep the Black Hills and other traditional Sioux lands free of white settlers. Hollihan re-creates this heroic legend's life in a narrative form. Although the author includes a disclaimer that the dialogue is fictionalized as little as possible, Crazy Horse reads as easily as a good novel. In an authentic and convincing manner, Hollihan introduces the leader as a compelling historical figure and encapsulates the meaningful events, accomplishments, and battles of his life. An excellent book for the casual reader who enjoys history and wishes to experience the life of a legend. With 42 b/w photographs and 2 maps.

Crazy Horse: Warrior Spirit of the Sioux (Legends)

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

The mountain men of North American history were a breed apart, largely living in isolation in the wildest places of the frontier. Tony Hollihan has written an entertaining series of accounts about some of the most colorful of these high-country heroes. Among them:· Davey Crockett. This frontiersman was also a fine storyteller and a man happy to share a horn of whiskey. His larger-than-life exploits endeared him to Americans, who eventually elected him to the U.S. Congress.· James Bridger. A renowned guide who discovered the Great Salt Lake and was instrumental in surveying wagon routes to the West.· Kit Carson. A trapper and Indian fighter whose bravery and luck became the subject of penny novels.· Daniel Boone. This frontiersman led land-hungry settlers into Kentucky and fierce warfare with the Shawnee. Boone himself was captured and tortured, although he survived the ordeal.

Mountain Men: Frontier Adventurers Alone Against the Wilderness (Legends)

Disasters of Western Canada: Courage Amidst the Chaos (Legends)

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