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9781581822632

Best Little Stories from the Wild West

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  • ISBN13:

    9781581822632

  • ISBN10:

    1581822634

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-08-01
  • Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc
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Summary

From the Lewis and Clark expedition to the story behind Boothill and the legend of Butch Cassidy, this collection recounts the best-known tales of the Wild West.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Acknowledgments xi
Part 1: First Explorations
1801: Come Work for Me
5(4)
1803: Essential Partner
9(4)
1804: Tyrant of the Omahas
13(5)
1806: Jefferson's Forgotten Expedition
18(6)
New Spain's ``Agent 13''
24(4)
Christmas at Fort Clatsop
28(1)
1806: Sharing in the Acclaim
29(4)
1809: Meriwether Lewis, RIP
33(10)
Part 2: Mountain Men and Texans
1809: Running to Live
43(6)
1811: Upheaval
49(3)
Sioux Hunter's Busy Night
52(3)
1823: Grizzly Bear Encounters
55(3)
1830s: Way It Once Was
58(2)
1832: Old-timer's First Rendezvous
60(6)
1832: Star-crossed Indian Lovers
66(6)
1832: Unlikely Comrades in Arms
72(7)
1836: Reunited at the Alamo
79(3)
1836: Day of Reckoning
82(7)
1836: A Man and His Cannon
89(2)
1836: Prisoner of Note
91(2)
Lake with a Past
93(6)
1842: Bloodless War in Texas
99(2)
In Defense of Buffalo
101(8)
Part 3: Emigration, War, and Gold
The Hastening Decade
109(6)
1845: Achieving the Near Impossible
115(3)
Burrowing Through Mexican Walls
118(2)
1847: Mormon Battalion Arrives
120(5)
1848: The Gold Found
125(7)
1849: Argonauts in Search of Gold
132(5)
1850: Wheelbarrow Man
137(3)
1850s: Moby Dick on Four Feet
140(4)
1852: River Still Left Unexplored
144(5)
1852: Grant Reaches San Francisco
149(5)
1854: Hole in His Head
154(3)
1856: Let Them Foot It
157(6)
1856: Mailman of the Mountains
163(5)
1857: Three Times an Emigrant
168(4)
1859: Fifteen Wives
172(3)
1859: Questions Even After Death
175(10)
Part 4: Nation of Two Faces
Accolades for a Job Well Done
185(1)
1860-61: A Ride Like ``Greased Lightning''
186(4)
1861: Civil War Intrusion
190(3)
From Hannibal, Missouri, to Points West
193(1)
Foes Passing in the Night
194(4)
1863: Ghost Town with a Past
198(6)
1864: ``No More Biscuits for You''
204(1)
1864: In Search of Mount Whitney
205(7)
1866: Today an Oregonian
212(4)
1867: When the Silver Ran Out
216(3)
And the Spike Said...
219(1)
Indian Captives All
220(5)
Shooting the Grand Canyon
225(2)
Best Stagecoach Driver?
227(6)
Fond Farewell to Buffalo Soldiers
233(6)
Part 5: Cowboys and Indians, Lawmen & Outlaws
1870: Town Marshal for Five Months
239(3)
1871: Close Calls for Sherman
242(6)
1872: Merry in an Apache Fight
248(3)
1874: Crucial Semicolon
251(3)
1875: Model Indian Fighter
254(3)
The Body Was Hardly Marked
257(1)
1876: Who Killed Custer?
258(4)
1876: Only Survivor
262(1)
1876: A Pioneer Rancher Moves In
263(5)
1882: Rising Above Disgrace
268(4)
Excitement over Jesse James
272(2)
1883: Tale of a One-eyed Horse
274(3)
1884: Dude from the East
277(4)
Walking from Cincinnati to Los Angeles
281(1)
1884: Sarah Winchester's Crazy House
282(4)
1885: Snowbound
286(3)
1886: Nighttime Call on Geronimo
289(6)
1887: Disappearance of Mysterious Dave
295(5)
1887: ``Stovepipe'' Johnson Pursues His Dream
300(3)
1888: Still Another Vanishing Act
303(3)
1888: County Seat War
306(5)
Record-setting Structures
311(3)
Kipling Survives a Colorado Passage
314(2)
1889: Case(s) Dismissed
316(7)
Part 6: Sliding into a New Century
1896: In Pursuit of Dreams
323(5)
Small Town Roll Call
328(5)
Fascinating Women of the West 333(54)
Epilogue: 1906 387(2)
Appendix: Chronology 389(6)
Index 395

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