Settlers built their homes using whatever materials they found in nature - logs, grass, sod, or adobe. Homes of the West describes in detail such early western-style homes as the soddy, the dugout, the log cabin, and adobe homes as well as Native American dwellings including tipis, longhouses, and pueblos. Children will read about: - building a log home step by step - different furnishings for log houses and frame houses - the buildings on a ranch - the homes of the wealthy - the dangers from snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, and fire