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The Calamity Papers: Western Myths and Cold Cases by Dale L. Walker

Western historian Walker rounds up some of the Old West's most colorful characters, including Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok, Meriwether Lewis and Jack London, for this entertaining rehash of tall tales. He considers whether both Lewis’s and London’s deaths were murder or suicide, and resolves the nature of the relationship between Jane and Wild Bill. Musings on the demise of lesser-known figures such as Tom Meagher, Pat Garrett and Albert Jennings Fountain will be of interest principally to Western fans. For a quick dip into the "cold cases" of the American West, Walker’s compilation would be hard to beat. New, paperback.

Lone Star Justice by Robert M. Utley

From The Lone Ranger to Lonesome Dove, the Texas Rangers have been celebrated in fact and fiction for their daring exploits in bringing justice to the Old West . In Lone Star Justice, best-selling author Robert M. Utley captures the first hundred years of Ranger history, in a narrative packed with adventures worthy of Zane Grey or Larry McMurtry. Paperback, 270 pages.

American West by Loren D. Estleman

Once, there was a world where the heroes were defined by their white clothing and the bad guys always wore black. The town sheriff always gunned down the wild gunslinger while the lady in distress cowered. The Indian was to be feared, not understood, and the white man always saved the day. This was the traditional Western. But times change, as did the Western. The evolving Western is told from the point of view of blacks, Native Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Gentiles, Mormons, Catholics, women, and men. It is about America; it is about life. Whether a story's central element is a hangman or a midwife, a piano or a cowboy who hates tomatoes, you may be certain of one thing, if the tale reflects an expanding continent, it reflects the American West.

Clay Allison Clay Allison - Legend of Cimarron -- by John A. Truett

Clay Allison is a historical figure who never killed a man unless he needed killing. But he was so much more. John A Truett has given the gunslinger Allison new life: he was a soldier, a friend, a lover. He was a young man on the frontier who wanted to contribute positively to a new land. He left a mark on that new land and should not be forgotten. John A. Truett's biograhical novel will insure he is remembered. Hardback.

Life Magazine, May 11, 1959

This issue features the pioneer women of the West. In the early female-famished West, pioneer women enjoyed new importance and freedom and - with good works and good times - made a mark on history. Features Baby Doe Tabor, as well as many others.

The Quotable Cowboy by Kathy Etling

Cowboys remind us when life was simple, when everything was black and white, and when hope lay upon the horizon like a pale rising sun. Americans are heirs to their myth and legacy, no matter where we hang our hats. Editing this tidy collection is Buckmasters Deer Ladies columnist and longtime contributor Kathy Etling, who writes cowboy poetry under the name K.T. Etling. She is a charter member of the Missouri Cowboy Poets Association, and her poetry has been published in places such as the American Cowboy and Neighs & Whinnies. She is also the author of five books about the outdoors. Etling lives in Missouri, where she enjoys time spent with her horses and on her family's farm. A perfect gift for any outdoors person!

Villains and Outlaws, by MacMillan Profiles

Villains and Outlaws is a unique reference featuring over one hundred profiles of notorious characters from antiquity to the present. Read about gangsters, dictators, war criminals, assassins, murderers, pirates, Old West outlaws, traitors, and turncoat spies. Every articled includes a description of the subject's life and times, as well as quotations, definitions, and a time line. Presented in easy-to-find alphabetical format. Hardcover, 361 pages.

More Than Petticoats - Remarkable Colorado Women, by Gayle C. Shirley

Book profiles the extraordinary lives of fourteen Colorado women, each of whom left a profound and lasting legacy. These pioneering women, all born before 1900, broke down barriers through their work as scientists, adventurers, journalists, and labor advocates.

From Hardtack to Home Fries by Barbara Haber

Culinary historian Barbara Haber takes a unique approach to the history of cooking in America, focusing on a remarkable assembly of little-known or forgotten Americans who helped shape the eating habits of the nation. As Curator of Books at Harvard University's Schlesinger Library, Haber had access to more than 16,000 cookbooks from which she has drawn inspiring and often surprising stories of the way meals have shaped America's past. Peppered throughout with recipes, Haber's fascinating survey adds a delicious new dimension to America's cultural heritage. New, paperback.

The All-American Cowboy Grill by Cheryl Rogers-Barnett, Ken Beck, and Jim Clark

The All-American Cowboy Grill will blaze a new trail through the Old West as it partners savory recipes from American cowboys and cowgirls of movie, TV, rodeo, and music fame with dozens of photos and sidebars of related interest. The book will have 20 to 40 short sidebars with real western history as well as western pop culture trivia from the movies and TV. There will be short articles on famous western tourist sites such as The Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, The Roy Roger and Dale Evans Museum, The Cowboy Hall of Fame, and The Cowgirl Hall of Fame. The book will have 200 recipes and 100 photos. New, softback, spiral bound.

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