Wild West Reviews
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Visions of the West: Art and Artifacts from the Private Collections of J.P. Bryan, Torch Energy Advisors Incorporated and Others, edited by Melissa Baldridge, Gibbs-Smith, Salt Lake City, 1999, $60.This good-looking 320-page work showcases one of the nation's largest …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Black Infantry in the West, 1869-1891, by Arlen L. Fowler, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1996, $12.95 paperback.Arlen Fowler's interest in the "buffalo soldiers" grew out of his 1952 assignment as a white officer in the 25th Armored …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Illustrated Life & Times of Billy the Kid, by Bob Boze Bell, Tri StarBoze Publications, Inc., Phoenix, 1996 (second edition), $39.95 hardbound, $29.95 softbound.Since there is only one "known" photo of Billy the Kid, you can't very well …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Return of the Outlaw Billy the Kid, by W.C. Jameson and Frederic Bean, Republic of Texas Press (Woodware Publishing), Plano, Texas, 1998, $16.95.Just when some of us thought it might be pretty safe to believe that Billy the …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Scandal of the West: Domestic Violence on the Frontier, by R.E. Mather, History West Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, Okla., 1998, $15.95 paper.Tales of the Old West frequently involve men gunning down other men, male outlaws robbing stages and banks, …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
To Hell With Honor: Custer and the Little Bighorn, by Larry Sklenar, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2000, $29.95.Almost 125 years since George Armstrong Custer and members of his 7th Cavalry were hurtled intoeternity and mythology, the Battle of …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Days of Destiny, by Leo Banks and other contributors to Arizona Highways magazine, Arizona Department ofTransportation, Phoenix, 1996, $7.95 paperback. Quick reads about quick-draw artists and other desperadoes and lawmen who made their marks in Arizona Territory. That, ina nutshell …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The West of Billy the Kid, by Frederick Nolan, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1998, $39.95.The task facing a biographer of Billy the Kid is to strip away the myth surrounding the young and reckless man. "The real Billy, …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
They Rode for the Lone Star: The Saga of the Texas Rangers, Vol. 1, by Thomas Knowles, Taylor Publishing, Dallas, Texas, 1999, $29.95.Byron A. Johnson, director of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas, writes …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Outlaws: A Quest for Butch and Sundance, by Eamonn O'Neill, Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, Scotland (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, Vt.), 1998, $29.95.While on the trail of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in the States, the inquisitive …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars 1492-1890, by Jerry Keenan, W.W. Norton, New York, 1999, $18.95.This handy reference work covers four centuries of conflict between Indians and European colonists in 278 pages. There are 450 entries, starting with the Abnaki …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Outlaw Trail: A History of Butch Cassidy & His Wild Bunch, by Charles Kelly, niversity ofNebraska Press, Lincoln, Neb., 1996, $14 paperback. This is the Bison Book edition of Charles Kelly's most famous work, which he originally self-published in …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn: An Encyclopedia, by Thom Hatch, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, N.C., 1997, $45 hardback.If all the different published perspectives on the Little Bighorn were stacked up under the big sky of …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Clantons of Tombstone, by Ben T. Traywick, Red Marie's Bookstore, Tombstone, Ariz., 1996, $24.95 paperback.The Earps of Tombstone are better known, of course, but part of the reason they are so well-known is because they fought the Clantons …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Men Who Wear the Star: The Story of the Texas Rangers, by Charles M. Robinson III, Random House, New York, 2000, $29.95.In the tradition of Walter Prescott Webb, whose classic The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Eyewitness to the Alamo, by Bill Groneman, Republic of Texas Press (an imprint of Wordware Publishing, Inc.), Plano, Texas, 1996, $12.95 paperback.None of the participants on the Texas side during the Battle of the Alamo were remembering the Alamo …
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