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The Old West-with a perfect blend of classic firepower, legendary characters of the time, holsters, knives and Cowboy Action Shooting-comes alive again in each quarterly issue of Guns of The Old West. Warning: Only die-hard enthusiasts should dare to join the party!
2) Roughing it
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Originally published over one hundred years ago, "Roughing It" tells the (almost) true story of Mark Twain's rollicking adventures across the United States. A hilarious account of how the author tried finding wealth in the rocks of Nevada, it was published before his most famous works and shows why he would grow to become one of the most beloved American writers of all time. The story follows many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit to...
3) Betty Zane
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Zane Grey's debut novel, which he self-published in 1905, "Betty Zane" is the first book in Grey's "Frontier Trilogy" and tells the true biographical story of Elizabeth "Betty" Zane, a hero of the American Revolutionary War and direct ancestor of the author. While under siege at Fort Henry by American Indian allies of the British Army and faced with dwindling supplies, the lovely and sixteen-year-old Betty bravely volunteers to venture out of the...
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Beyond the wide Missouri lay the prairie - "the biggest clearing on the Almighty's footstool." And every few hundred miles, holding to the rivers and wooded bottoms, were the outposts of the white civilization - the military forts of the U.S. Army. Father, mother and comforter to the settlers, trading points for the trappers and buffalo hunters, rallying points for the scouts.
Awaiting the reader of this sentimental journey into the days of "Boots...
9) The Soldiers
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Pictorial survey of the U.S. Army soldier's daily life in the early West, his Indian wars, Custer's last stand, etc.
13) The Gunfighters
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An account of the justice and outlaw gunfighters of the frontier American West, including the Clanton brothers, Billy the Kid, and the James gang.
19) The Texans
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Text and numerous illustrations trace the history of Texas during the nineteenth century.
20) The townsmen
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Photographs-and-text-survey of frontier life in the cities, boom towns and villages of the Western United States, 1850-1900.
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