Wild West Reviews
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Painting the Dakota: Seth Eastman at Fort Snelling, by Marybeth Lorbiecki, Afton Historical Society Press, Afton, Minn., 2000, $14.95.At the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Seth Eastman was at the top of his class in drawing, and when …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Frontier Army in the Settlement of the West, by Michael L. Tate, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1999, $34.95.When most of us consider the army that made its presence felt in the Rockies and the Plains more than …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Old Santa Fe Trail, by Stanley Vestal, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1996, $14 paperback. Originally published in 1939, this very readable account of the 175-year-old Santa Fe Trail is being made available again in aBison Book edition. …
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The Legend Begins: The Texas Rangers 1823-1845, by Frederick Wilkins, State House Press, Austin, Texas, 1996, $24.95 hardback, $16.95 paper.John Coffee Hays epitomized the Texas Rangers during the years before the Mexican War. Appointed captain in 1840 at only …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Davy Crockett, by Constance Rourke, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1998, $12.95 paperback.An American cultural historian with an interest in the frontier, folklore and humor, Constance Rourke (1885-1941) found an ideal subject for her 1934 book–Davy Crockett, a folk …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
A Cowboy of the Pecosby Patrick Dearen, Republic of Texas Press, 1997,$12.95 paperback. Buffalo hunters used to say that "when a bad man dies, he goes either to hell or the Pecos." Charles Goodnight, of GoodnightLoving Trail fame, must have …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Crazy Horse: The Life Behind the Legend, by Mike Sajna, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000, $27.95.He was quiet, shy, and avoided attention off the battlefield, but on it, he was bold, brave and successful–as William Fetterman, George …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
CUSTER, CODY & THE LAST INDIAN WARS: A PICTORIAL HISTORYTwo of the most famous figures of the Old West, George Armstrong Custer and William F. ("Buffalo Bill") Cody, were alsotwo of the most photographed individuals of their time. So …
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Portrait of a Lawman: U.S. Deputy Marshal Heck Thomas, by Bonnie Stahlman Speer, Reliance Press (Speer),Norman, Okla., 1996, $11.95 paperback. One heck of a lawman! Few Western historians would dispute that description of Henry Andrew "Heck" Thomas, whodedicated his life …
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The Mountain Men: The Dramatic History and Lore of the First Frontiersmen, by George Laycox, Lyons & Burford, Publishers, New York, 1996, $16.95 paperback. Why are we still fascinated by the mountain men of the early 1800s? The best answer …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Cowgirls, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, Calif., 1996, $22.95 paper.Ah, cowgirls! Where would cowboys be without them? Probably back in the saddle again. Sure, there was Dale Evans riding next to Roy Rogers in the movies and Annie Oakley shooting …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Roadside History of Idaho, by Betty Derig, Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Mont., 1996, $30 cloth, $18 paper.Meriwether Lewis and William Clark entered what is now Idaho on August 12, 1805, and the next year, on their return trip …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Shirley Letters: From the California Mines, 1851-1852,edited with introduction by Marlene Smith-Baranzini, Heyday Books, Berkeley, Calif., 1998, $12.95 paperback.Here once again are the 23 letters that were written in 1851-52 by Louise ("Dame Shirley") Clapp, the wife of …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Journals of Forty-Niners: Salt Lake to Los Angeles, edited by LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1998, $15 paperback.During the California Gold Rush 150 years ago, many gold seekers rushed west on the …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
THE LAST GUNFIGHTER: JOHN WESLEY HARDINJOHN WESLEY HARDIN: DARK ANGEL OF TEXASJOHN WESLEY Hardin had lain amoldering in his grave for a century until the 100th anniversary of his death neared onAugust 19, 1995. The centennial sparked renewed …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Rush for Riches: Gold Fever and the Making of California, by J.S. Holliday, Oakland Museum of California and University of California Press, Berkeley, 1999, $45 hardcover, $25 softcover.In 1981, J.S. Holliday came out with the golden classic The World …
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