Twodot: 177 books

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by Charlie Seemann
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016

The Real Singing Cowboys profiles contemporary cowboy--and cowgirl--singers and musicians who are, or have been, authentic working cowboys or ranchers, or involved in related occupations tied to ranching and cowboy culture. The book includes sixty brief biographies and photos of the singers and musicians,...
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Wicked Women

Notorious, Mischievous, and Wayward Ladies from the Old West

by Chris Enss
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015

 This collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West’s most egregiously badly behaved female outlaws, gamblers, soiled-doves, and other wicked women by  offers a glimpse into Western Women’s experience that's less sunbonnets and more six-shooters. Pulling together stories of ladies...
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Heart of the Trail

Stories of Covered Wagon Women

by Mary Barmeyer O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017

Updated and expanded for its twentieth anniversary—the beloved book that tells the stories of the women who traveled West. In Heart of the Trail Mary Barmeyer O'Brien beautifully captures the triumphs and tribulations of women who crossed the American frontier by wagon during the great Western...
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More Tales behind the Tombstones

More Deaths and Burials of the Old West's Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, and Celebrated Lawmen

by Chris Enss
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015

More Tales Behind the Tombstones tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of even more of the Old West's most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated lawmen. Readers will learn the stories behind these legendary characters and visit the sites of tombs long forgotten...
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Bad Blood

The Families Who Made the West Wild

by Robert Barr Col. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014

?Nefarious gangs made up of families are famous in the Old West—the James Brothers, the Dalton Gang. This book includes the well known and the more obscure gangs connected through blood ties.
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Outlaw Tales of Missouri

True Stories Of The Show Me State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, And Cutthroats

by Sean Mclachlan
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009

A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Midwest.
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Outlaw Tales of Missouri

True Stories Of The Show Me State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, And Cutthroats

by Sean Mclachlan
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014

True stories of the Show Me state’s most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats.
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The Pinks

The First Women Detectives, Operatives, and Spies with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency

by Chris Enss
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017

The true story of Kate Warne and the other women who served as Pinkertons, fulfilling the adage, “Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History.” Most students of the Old West and American law enforcement history know the story of the notorious and ruthless Pinkerton Detective Agency and the legends...
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Entertaining Women

Actresses, Dancers, and Singers in the Old West

by Chris Enss
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015

This collection of short stories of the women who entertained the West in makeshift theaters and palaces built to showcase the divas who were beloved by emigrants to the “uncivilized” West will feature well-known and lesser known dancers, singers, and actresses and their exploits. Author Chris...
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by James A. Crutchfield
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

It Happened in Arizona features thirty-six episodes from Arizona’s history—from the thirteenth-century creation of the Hohokam’s irrigation canals to the building of the Hoover Dam, and from explorations of the Grand Canyon to a stagecoach robbery. This revised edition includes two new chapters, a locator map, an updated design, and new/updated facts and figures.
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Outlaw Tales of Utah

True Stories Of The Beehive State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, And Cutthroats

by Michael Rutter
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.
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Soldier, Sister, Spy, Scout

Women Soldiers and Patriots on the Western Frontier

by Chris Enss, Joann Chartier
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016

From the earliest days of the western frontier, women heeded the call to go west along with their husbands, sweethearts, and parents. Many of these women were attached to the army camps and outposts that dotted the prairies. Some were active participants in the skirmishes and battles that took place...
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Tales Behind the Tombstones

The Deaths and Burials of the Old West’s Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, and Celebrated Lawmen

by Chris Enss
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007

Tales Behind the Tombstones tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of the Old West's most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated lawmen. Readers will learn the story behind Calamity Jane's wish to be buried next to Wild Bill Hickok, discover how and where...
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Frontier Teachers

Stories of Heroic Women of the Old West

by Chris Enss
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2008

If countless books and movies are to be believed, America's Wild West was, at heart, a world of cowboys and Indians, sheriffs and gunslingers, scruffy settlers and mountain men—a man's world. Here, Chris Enss, in the latest of her popular books to take on this stereotype, tells the stories of twelve...
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