Michael Rutter: 8 books
Bedside Book of Bad Girls
Outlaw Women of the American West
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Meet Kate Bender, who brutally murdered as many as thirty people in Kansas, including children, and buried them in her family's orchard; Laura Bullion, the only woman to participate in a Wild Bunch train robbery; and Madam Vestal, a one-time Confederate spy who organized the famous Deadwood stagecoach...
Upstairs Girls
Prostitution in the American West
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Prostitutes make up one of the most engaging chapters in the story of the American West. Upstairs Girls opens a window on the lives of these women for hire.Historian Michael Rutter offers a thorough and fascinating history of prostitution in the West, with details on why women turned to this profession...
by Michael Rutter
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
How much of what we know about the history of the Old West is true? In this new book, author Michael Rutter looks at the legend and lore behind such notorious figures as Billy the Kid and Calamity Jane and the stories of famous gun fights and battles, telling what really happened. Truth may be stranger...
Boudoirs to Brothels
the Intimate World of Wild West Women
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
From boudoirs to brothels, historian Michael Rutter takes you into the intimate world of the Wild West's women of the night. Eighteen richly researched biographies reveal the tricks and torments of the trade, with fascinating sidebars on venereal diseases (and dire "cures"), children of prostitutes, a floating brothel, and hog ranches.
Outlaw Tales of Utah
True Stories Of The Beehive State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, And Cutthroats
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of Utah, 2nd Edition. Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, stagecoach, and train robbers. Duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, hiss at lawmen turned outlaws. A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Midwest.
Fly Fishing Made Easy
A Manual For Beginners With Tips For The Experienced
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
Clearly written and generously illustrated, this book presents a practical, informative approach, geared specifically toward novice and intermediate anglers.
You'll learn how to select the right equipment, master basic as well as intermediate casting techniques, read the water in order to find...
The Archaeology of Engagement
Conflict and Revolution in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
When a historic battlefield site is discovered and studied, the focus is often on the “hardware”: remnants of weaponry, ammunition, supplies, and equipment that archaeologists carefully unearth, analyze, conserve, and frequently place on display in museums.
But what about the “software”?...
Cold War Crossings
International Travel and Exchange across the Soviet Bloc, 1940s-1960s
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Approaching the early decades of the “Iron Curtain” with new questions and perspectives, this important book examines the political and cultural implications of the communists’ international initiatives. Building on recent scholarship and working from new archival sources, the seven contributors...