Dee Alexander Brown

Detailed accounts of the 14 most important battles fought in the West, including the Battle of Wilson's Creek and the Battle of Westport.

A collection of articles tracing the history of the Western frontier from early settlements to the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Uses many sources to portray the diversity of the American frontier of the 1800s.

Brown recalls his childhood in Louisianna and Arkansas, his start in newspapers, Washington in the early years of the New Deal, being drafted in WWII, and working as a military librarian in the Cold War.

A fictionalized account of undercover activities during the Civil War, Conspiracy of Knaves is the love story of Belle Rutledge, an actress turned double agent, and Charley Heywood, a dashing Confederate major working to support the Copperheads (northerners who sympathized with the south). The story is loosely based upon actual events later referred to as the ``Chicago Conspiracy,'' an attempt to free Rebel soldiers held captive in Chicago and ultimately to force the Northwest Territories out of the Union. Belle is an independent, amoral young woman seeking to survive the war in style. The constant about-faces required of her as a double agent (assigned the responsibility of spying upon a man she loves) give the story a dramatic tension that even indifferent readers will have difficulty resisting. Belle's story is bound to interest young adults who love suspense and have romance in their souls.

Sam Morrison, reports for the "Saint Louis Herald," is in Dakota country looking for stories. He decides to join a group of passengers on a steamboat going up the Missouri River for the dedication of a new fort named in honor of one Charles Rawley. On the way he talks to a number of different people about Rawley, including a mysterious stranger who might even be Rawley himself, though Sam has been given at least two eyewitness accounts of Rawley's death. The stranger, who calls himself Alex Selkirk (the true name of Robinson Crusoe, though this is never mentioned), might however, be a former Rebel named Drew Hardesty - also reportedly dead. Is Rawley a hero or fraud? Is he alive or dead? Morrison is determined to find out.

Describes the building of the first transcontinental railroad and discusses train travel in the West in general in the late 19th century.

Collection of Native American folklore gathered from numerous tribes.

Includes information on Arapaho Indians, the Central Pacific Railroad of California, Cheyenne Indians, the Northern Pacific Railroad, Pawnee Indians, Plains Indians, immigrants, settlers, Sioux Indians, Robert Louis Stevenson, the Union Pacific Railraod, Abraham Lincoln, etc.

Presents an account of frontier life for women in the American West through brief biographies of six famous individuals, including Calamity Jane, Molly Brown, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Annie Oakley.

A description of the characteristics and behavior of warrior ants based on the observation and experiences of various scientists and explorers.

Traces Andrew Jackson's campaigns against the British and Indians from his defeat of the Creek Indians in March 1814 to his victory at New Orleans in January 1815.

An American Indian History, a 1970 book by American writer Dee Brown that covers the history of Native Americans primarily in the American West in the late nineteenth century. Although the title refers to a particular event location, many tribes from across the northern continent are included.

251 p. 22 cm

Describes the year's notable events, national issues, and the international exposition at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, where the U.S. celebrated the Centennial of its independence.