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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Spanish pioneers of the Southwest Spanish pioneers of the Southwest Joan Anderson Recreates in text and photographs the day-to-day life of a pioneer family living in a newly-formed Spanish settlement in the Southwest during the eighteenth century. OL15036765W
Black frontiersman Black frontiersman Henry Ossian Flipper Black Frontiersman is Flipper's autobiographical account of his service with the Tenth U.S. Cavalry in Texas and Oklahoma and his years as a civilian that followed - one of only a handful of such acc… OL1926006W
Billy the Kid Billy the Kid Michael Wallis History has treated Billy the Kid like a homicidal psychopath, a brazen madman responsible for as many as 21 murders. Steeped in legend, shrouded in folklore and outright lies, Billy the Kid has been… OL1999753W
Last of the old-time outlaws Last of the old-time outlaws Karen Holliday Tanner "Soft-spoken, cheerful, handsome, and well dressed, George West Musgrave "looked more like a senator than a cattle rustler." Yet he was a cattle rustler as well as a bandit, robber, and killer, "guil… OL2755561W
To hell on a fast horse To hell on a fast horse Mark L. Gardner A sheriff . . .An outlaw . . .A legendary showdown.Billy the Kid—a.k.a. Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, and William Bonney—was a horse thief, cattle rustler, charismatic rogue, and cold-blooded killer. … OL2759893W
The northern Navajo frontier, 1860-1900 The northern Navajo frontier, 1860-1900 Robert S. McPherson "Focusing on an important part of the Navajo borderlands - the northern frontier - this book shows how Navajos were able to defend and expand their territory, reservation, and population during a per… OL2992454W
The Santa Fe Trail The Santa Fe Trail Ryan P. Randolph Provides historical information about the founding of the Santa Fe Trail and about the lives and experiences of the people who used this route West. OL5713381W