The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Wild West (WRITER'S GUIDE TO EVERYDAY LIFE SERIES). This item is unavailable.The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Wild West (WRITER'S GUIDE TO EVERYDAY LIFE SERIES)

Describes such elements as land ownership, treaties, wars, clothes and accessories, home furnishings, medical and dental care, education, entertainment, crime and punishment, and money and cost of living. Includes article-specific annotated bibliographies, a chronology from 1836 to 1899, and a list of archives for writers who want to dig their own historical ore. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book Description
From cowboys and homesteaders to miners and Native Americans, readers will learn the nitty-gritty details of what it was like to survive on the prairies, fight in the battles and live in the boom towns of the Old West. Extensive timelines, photographs, maps and illustrations help readers visualize this intriguing era, and sidebars serve to illuminate facts about:

*everyday tools including pickaroons, pike poles and bucking saws

*marriage options ranging from mail order brides to polygamy

*clothing comprised of duck, wool, corduroy and denim

*trails West, such as the Cherokee Trail of Tears and the Oregon Trail

*entertainment featuring Chautauquas, Wild West shows, rodeos and more.

About the author: A fourth-generation Westerner herself, Candy Moulton has written several works of Western writing, including "Legacy of the Tetons" and "Roadside History of Wyoming." She is the editor of "Roundup" magazine, a publication of the Western Writers of America, and has published articles in "TIME," "Travel and Leisure" and the "Denver Post." She lives in Encampment, Wyoming.