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The vast, semi-arid grasslands of the southern Great Plains could be dominated by hunters and warriors on horseback. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the Comanches, often referred to as “lords of the Plains,” were the single most powerful military force in the region, to the frustration of both the Mexican and U.S. governments. In this engrossing chronicle, award-winning journalist Gwynne traces the rise of the Comanche people from...
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Commissioned for the pioneer sesquicentennial, here is a remarkable volume by Carol Cornwall Madsen that captures the spirit of the pioneer experience and spans the entire pioneer period, 1846-1869. It is a fine collection of documents selected from the writing and diaries of the pioneers who traveled the Mormon Trail. Readers are sure to gain a deeper understanding and greater appreciation for pioneer heritage and history.
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From slaughters, shootouts, and massacres to maulings, lynchings, and natural disasters, Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears cuts to the chase of what draws people to the history and literature of the Wild West. Matthew P. Mayo, noted author of Western novels, takes the fifty wildest episodes in the region's history and presents them in one action-packed volume. Set on the plains, mountains, and deserts of the West, and arranged chronologically,...
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"He was a study in contrasts: the legendary gunslinger who made his living as a dentist; the emaciated consumptive whose very name struck fear in the hearts of his enemies; the degenerate gambler and alcoholic whose fierce loyalty to his friends compelled him, more than once, to risk his own life; the sidekick whose near-mythic status has come to rival that of the West's greatest heroes. More than 100 years after he died of tuberculosis at the age...
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Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2019
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Unabridged
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English
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"The first thing you will notice about this engaging and delightful biography is that [Narrator Johnny Heller] sounds like a character actor who moseyed off the set of an old-fashioned oater. His voice is a little scratchy, a little seasoned and perfectly suits this biography of larger-than-life Bill Hickok and his pals, from Calamity Jane to Buffalo Bill Cody and General Custer." —The Berkshire Edge
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Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
1997
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1st ed.
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English
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If you have ever wondered what is was like to be an explorer in the unspoiled American West of the early 1800s, then this is the audiobook for you. Not only a groundbreaking work of American history by critically acclaimed author Robert M. Utley, A Life Wild and Perilous is also a dramatic story of innovation and survival. Here is your chance to live in the very heart of the American wilderness with legendary trappers and mountain men like Jim Bridger,...
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Macmillan Audio
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English
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"The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's documentary television series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know : How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman--and was he an African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman bandit" and...
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Oklahoma western biographies volume 29
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University of Oklahoma Press
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[2014]
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English
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Sorting through the stories, veteran western historian Richard W. Etulain's account begins with a biography that offers new information on Calamity's several "husbands" (including one she legally married), her two children, and a woman who claimed to be the daughter of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity, a story Etulain discredits. In the second half of the book, Etulain traces the stories that have shaped Calamity Jane's reputation. Some Calamity portraits,...
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History
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2018.
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English
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"The iconic figures who explored and fought to claim the country's vast wilderness during its early, volatile years, from the American Revolution through the California Gold Rush. Where Daniel Boone, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, John Fremont, Davy Crockett and Andrew Jackson set forth across uncharted land with determination and self-reliance."--
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St. Martin's Press
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2023.
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First edition.
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English
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"From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narratives of the biggest legends in frontier mythology. The summer of 1876 was a key time period in the development of the mythology of the Old West. Many individuals who are considered legends by modern readers were involved in events that began their notoriety or turned out to be the most famous - or infamous - moments of their lives. Those individuals...
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"For a century Butch Cassidy has been the subject of legends about his life and death, spawning a small industry of mythmakers and a major Hollywood film. Charles Leerhsen sorts out fact from fiction to find the real Butch Cassidy, who is far more complicated and fascinating than legend has it"--
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Trinity University Press
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2017
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English
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"Two parallel stories about the great wilderness--Williams's year alone, ground truthing backcountry maps of southern Utah, and that of his great-great-great-grandfather, who in 1863 traveled with a group of Mormons from England to the American West; intertwines ancestry, identity, philosophy, evolution, and our dependence on wilderness"--Provided by publisher.
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Rourke Pub
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c2007
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Profiles the discoveries and adventures of famous trappers and mountain men in American history including Jedediah Smith, Lewis and Clark, and John Jacob Astor and his fur-trading empire.
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