Order Toll Free 1-800-8-OLIVER (1-800-865-4837) The Oliver Press, Inc. Charlotte Square 5707 West 36th Street Minneapolis, MN 55416-2510 Tel: (952) 926-8981 Fax: (952) 926-8965	Ranchers, Homesteaders, and Traders: Frontiersmen of the South-Central States Kieran Doherty ©2001
	176 pages 93 black-and-white photographs, drawings, and maps Reinforced library binding 7" x 9" Timeline Source notes Bibliography Index Grades 7 and up ISBN: 1-881508-53-6 $22.95	“Doherty traces the history of the settlement of various frontier lands through a study of the lives and achievements of seven men: Henry de Tonty (Arkansas), Auguste Chouteau (Missouri), Daniel Boone (Kentucky), John Sevier (Tennessee), Stephen Austin and Sam Houston (Texas), and Eli Thayer (Kansas). . . . The subjects come alive through the use of quotes from the men themselves, or from people who knew them. The relentless push to the West by settlers, with little or no regard for the Native Americans, is clearly described.” —School Library Journal