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What they didn't teach you about the wild West
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What they didn't teach you about the wild West

Author: Mike Wright
Publisher: Novato, CA : Presido Press, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Collects little-known stories about the heroes and scoundrels of the wild West, revealing what really happened to Butch Cassidy, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, and the Yellow Rose of Texas.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Mike Wright
ISBN: 0891416900 9780891416906
OCLC Number: 43810793
Description: xviii, 370 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: When the East was West: sunrise to sunset --
The cowboys: making the wild West wild, part one --
Trails west: head 'em up and move 'em out --
The cattle barons: making the wild West wild, part two --
Westward ho! Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder --
Settlers and celestials: those who toiled, those who wept --
The railroads: iron horse and Pony Express --
The Native Americans: warriors of the West --
America's black West: Buffalo Soldiers and maroons --
Gold fever: when the world rushed in --
Heroes, heroines, and myths: the stuff of dreams --
Wyatt Earp and friends: shootouts and stickups --
Trail's end: the sun slowly sets --
Epilogue: personal thoughts on the wild West
Responsibility: Mike Wright.

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Wright breathes life into our nation's history while spotlighting many little-known stories from the Wild West, always with a fine eye for the human element. His previous volumes from the "What They  Read more...

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