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Stanley, Jerry
3 Reviews
(3)
4-6
During the middle of the nineteenth century, cowboys who brought longhorn cattle from ranches in Texas to Kansas markets saturated American history with legends, songs, romance, and a strong work ethic. Stanley separates cowboy fact from cowboy fiction, showing readers both the glamour and the hardships of the Long Drive. The account is illustrated with archival photos. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
(2)
YA
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs's life story anchors this narrative. His experience of emigrating to California to seek wealth and opportunity parallels that of many African Americans and opens a fascinating window on the African-American experience in gold-rush San Francisco. This smoothly written history allows readers to examine a collective experience ignored in most historical accounts of this period. Archival photos illustrate the text. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2001
Stanley, Jerry
Frontier Merchants: Lionel and Barron Jacobs and the Jewish Pioneers Who Settled the West
(2)
4-6
Lionel and Barron Jacobs came to Tucson from the more settled West of southern California, and eventually converted a load of canned foods into a thriving bank. In a narrative that is brisk yet rich in detail and theme, Stanley creates a vivid sense of place as he introduces an aspect of the American frontier seldom presented to children and adolescents. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Margaret A. Bush
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 1999
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