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- True Tales and Amazing Legends of the Old West: From True West Magazine (2005)
- The Bawdy House Girls: A Look at the Brothels of the Old West (2006)
- Shot All to Hell: Bad Ass Outlaws, Gunfighters, and Law Men of the Old West (2016)
- African American Women of the Old West (2007)
- Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West (2018)
- Old Mother West Wind (Illustrated): Children’s Bedtime Story Book (2019)
- Origins of West African nationalism: [by] Henry S. Wilson (History in depth) (1969)
- Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West (2014)
- Famous Gunfighters of the Western Frontier: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Luke Short and Others (2009)
- A Western Christmas (Old West Wyoming) (2017)
- Old Mother West Wind (Dover Children’s Thrift Classics) (1995)
- Alcohol and Opium in the Old West: Use, Abuse and Influence (2013)
- Eyewitness to the Old West: Firsthand Accounts of Exploration, Adventure, and Peril (2004)
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True Tales and Amazing Legends of the Old West: From True West Magazine (2005)
—most of it clouded by exaggeration and fabrication.
The Bawdy House Girls: A Look at the Brothels of the Old West (2006)
This is a history of the brothels and the girls who worked in them. Many of the madams and the girls who worked for them were kind hearted and helped the needy in their communities. Some of them, such as Big Nose Kate, simply like the work and couldn’t leave even though she had tried several times. The reader will find their former thoughts and conclusions about the girls and the brothels of the old west will change. #3,021,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #76186 in U.S.
Shot All to Hell: Bad Ass Outlaws, Gunfighters, and Law Men of the Old West (2016)
For over 150 years the image of western bad men has thrilled readers and filled movie screens. Who hasn’t heard of Jesse James, the Dalton Brothers, Black Bart, or Belle Starr? They are as much a part of American folklore as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.There’s something about the west that has brought out the best, and the worst in mankind.
African American Women of the Old West (2007)
The brave pioneers who made a life on the frontier were not only male—and they were not only white. The story of African-American women in the Old West is one that has largely gone untold until now. The stories of ten African-American women are reconstructed from historic documents found in century-old archives.
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West (2018)
Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long, Dodge City’s streets were lined with saloons and brothels and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes of every sort.
Old Mother West Wind (Illustrated): Children’s Bedtime Story Book (2019)
Old Mother West Wind is a children’s bedtime story book written by Thornton Burgess. Burgess used his outdoor observations of nature as plots for his bedtime stories.
Origins of West African nationalism: [by] Henry S. Wilson (History in depth) (1969)
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Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West (2014)
Table of ContentsIntroduction2) What Constitutes a Buffalo Rifle?3) Understanding Buffalo Rifle CartridgesPart I: THE RIFLES4) Trapdoor Springfields5) Sharps6) Remingtons7) Ballards8) Winchester Single Shot9) The Rifle ReproductionsPart II: BASIC RELOADING FOR BUFFALO RIFLES10)Introduction to Buffalo Cartridge Reloading11)Basic Reloading for Buffalo Rifles12)A Paper Patch Bullet Demonstration Author’s Note13).40-70 Bottleneck (2 1/4")14).40-70 Straight (2 1/2")15).40-90 Bottleneck (2 5/8…
Famous Gunfighters of the Western Frontier: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Luke Short and Others (2009)
A legendary lawman, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, and newspaper columnist, Bat Masterson served as sheriff of Ford County, Kansas, ruled Dodge City, and became an eyewitness to the heyday of the Old West’s most notorious outlaws.
A Western Christmas (Old West Wyoming) (2017)
Laramie, Wyoming Territory, December 1887This is the story of the first Maitland who bought a ranch north of town and became a prosperous landowner and businessman, fighting greedy neighbors, outlaws, train robbers, hired gunslingers, surviving in a harsh climate and protecting his ranch and his rights.
Old Mother West Wind (Dover Children’s Thrift Classics) (1995)
Welcome to the timeless world of the Green Forest, the laughing Brook, and the Smiling Pool. Here young readers will meet a menagerie of funny and fascinating animal friends — Peter Cottontail, Jimmy Skunk, Reddy Fox, Grandfather Frog and many more — and learn about their exciting adventures.In this beloved classic, the first in a series of highly popular animal tales by Thornton W.
Alcohol and Opium in the Old West: Use, Abuse and Influence (2013)
This book explores the role and influence of drink and drugs (primarily opium) in the Old West, which for this book is considered to be America west of the Mississippi from the California gold rush of the 1840s to the closing of the Western Frontier in roughly 1900.
Eyewitness to the Old West: Firsthand Accounts of Exploration, Adventure, and Peril (2004)
A collection of over 150 vignettes from the journals and diaries of people who lived or traveled in the Old West, these accounts begin with the sixteenth-century collisions between the Spaniards and the Indians and conclude with Black Elk's mournful description of the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890. Storytellers include explorers, missionaries, Indian leaders, a poet, an artist, and a future president.
Best Old West Books Worth Your Attention
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The Old Bison: Threads from the Fabric of a Western Life
Author(s): Stephen S. Lottridge
ID: 3540960, Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc., Year: 2022, Size: 527 Kb, Format: epub
European Social Work After 1989: East-West Exchanges Between Universal Principles and Cultural Sensitivity
Author(s): Walter Lorenz, Zuzana Havrdová, Oldřich Matoušek
ID: 2879949, Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer, Year: 2021, Size: 3 Mb, Format: pdf
New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story
Author(s): Winifred Gallagher
ID: 3037425, Publisher: Penguin Press, Year: 2021, Size: 23 Mb, Format: epub
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