The trail West : exploring history through art
Ellen Galford.
- Chanhassen, MN : Two-Can Pub., c2004.
- 64 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
- Picture that! .
Includes index
Heading West -- The travellers' rest : Benjamin Franklin Reinhart -- Fur-trapping trip : George Caleb Bingham -- Hunting buffalo : George Catlin -- Trouble on the trail : Charles Ferdinand Wimar -- At home in the wilderness : Cornelius Krieghoff -- Home by the fireside : Eastman Johnson -- A Mandan village : George Catlin -- A sacred festival : Silver Horn -- The shooting match : George Caleb Bingham -- Schooldays : Winslow Homer -- At the trading post : Alfred Jacob Miller -- Life in the saddle : Frederic Remington -- Gold rush : Charles Christian Nahl -- End of the line : O.E. Berninghaus -- Glossary and timeline -- Further reading and websites.
Tells the story of those who sought a new life in the West, using text and paintings from artists such as Benjamin Franklin Reinhart, George Caleb Bingham, George Catlin, and Winslow Homer.