Description |
304 p. ; 24 cm. |
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"A Tom Doherty Associates book." |
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An anthology of nonfiction from members of the Western Writers of America. |
Contents |
Introduction / Paul Andrew Hutton -- Survival of the cowboy / Darrell Arnold -- Medical necessity / Allen P. Bristow -- Did Lambe lead Mary to slaughter / Larry K. Brown -- Muggins Taylor : the man and the myth / Robert Casemore -- "Is not this the Red River?" : the search for the far southwest / James A. Crutchfield -- Western trails / David Dary -- Toughest town in Texas / Riley Froh -- Dancing in the eye of the storm / Carmen Goldthwaite -- Last war cry : Battle Butte, January 8, 1877 / Janet E. Graebner -- Alamo / William Groneman III -- Pacific Northwest steamboat days / Bill Gulick -- Spreading the news : California's gold messengers of 1848 / Abraham Hoffman -- Second Declaration of Independence / Elmer Kelton -- Intrepid females of forty-nine / JoAnn Levy -- Jayhawking of Salina / Judy Magnuson Lilly -- Maud, kidnapped by Pancho Villa / Douglas V. Meed -- Fast guns and dead men : the story of John Wesley Hardin / Leon Claire Metz -- Bill Cody gets buffaloed / Rod Miller -- Fourth Company / Candy Moulton -- Idaho gold dust murders / Pat Decker Nipper -- From the heart of chaos : finding Zitkala-Sa / Nancy M. Peterson -- Ranald Mackenzie : the forgotten hero / Troy D. Smith -- Murder most foul : a New Mexico cause celebre / Karen Holliday Tanner and John D. Tanner, Jr. -- Images of the Texas Rangers / Robert M. Utley -- "More than a locomotive to separate us" / Lori Van Pelt -- R.I.P. : the whereabouts of forty celebrated westerners / Dale L. Walker -- Thou shlt not, or "How to tame a Texi-Kan" / Sandy Whiting. |
Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Anecdotes.
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West (U.S.) -- History -- Anecdotes.
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West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.
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West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Added Author |
Crutchfield, James Andrew, 1938-
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Western Writers of America.
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ISBN |
9780765304520 (pbk.) |
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076530452X (pbk.) |
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