Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears Fifty Of The Grittiest Moments In The History Of The Wild West

by Mayo, Matthew P.

• ISBN13: 9780762754311
• ISBN10: 0762754311
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-06
• Publisher: TwoDot

Summary

From the first bloody battles between mountain men and Indians to shootouts between famous gunslingers, Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears targets what draws people to the history and literature of the Wild West. Matthew Mayo, noted author of Western novels, takes the fifty wildest episodes in the region's history - including John Colter's harrowing escape from the Blackfeet, Hugh Glass's six-week crawl to civilization after a grizzly attack, and Custer's last moments - and presents them in one unputdownable, action-packed volume.

Author Biography

Matt Mayo is Managing Editor of Big Sky Journal magazine and Editor in Chief (long distance!) of Miami Living magazine. Robert Hale Books of London, England, has published three of his novels in its hardcover Black Horse Westerns line. The first two, Winters’ War and Wrong Town, also recently sold to the softcover market through Linford (FA Thorpe/Ulverscroft). His third Western, Hot Lead, Cold Heart, was released in hardcover in October, 2008. In 2007, he edited a popular anthology of Western fiction, Where Legends Ride: New Tales of the Old West, for Express Westerns.

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