| Western Pioneers Coloring Book Contributor(s): Copeland, Peter F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486294110 ISBN-13: 9780486294117 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: For lovers of western lore and coloring book fans of all ages -- 36 carefully researched and excellently rendered images of a keelboat approaching a thriving river town, fur traders being attacked by Indians, the dramatic rescue of the Donner party, a Morman handcart company heading West, stagecoach robbers at work and more. Captions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - General |
| Dewey: NA |
| Series: Dover History Coloring Book |
| Physical Information: 0.16" H x 8.08" W x 10.98" (0.38 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: All the excitement of westward expansion and life on the American frontier are vividly depicted in this carefully researched coloring book. Artist Peter Copeland has rendered 36 finely detailed illustrations portraying the dramatic rescue of the Donner party (1847), a keelboat approaching a thriving river town, a wagon train attacked by Indians, prospectors in the Rockies, a Mormon handcart company going West, a section gang laying railroad tracks (1860s), workmen erecting the first transcontinental telegraph lines (1861), stagecoach robbers at work in the early 1880s, and much more. Well-written descriptive captions accompany this excellent selection of ready-to-color illustrations that will appeal to lovers of western lore and coloring book fans of all ages. |