Authoritative guide to everything in print about lawmen and the lawless—from Billy the Kid to the painted ladies of frontier cow towns. Nearly 2,500 entries,

Traces the brief life of the western outlaw whose lifestyle reflected the violence prevalent on the American frontier

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press In 1864, twenty-one miners and a freighter named Adams set out from Arizona Territory in search

The American Cowboy, Cowpoke, Cowhand, Vaquero, Buckaroo, etc. Lariets, Lass Ropes, Hackamores, Saddles, and Spurs. A comprehensive accurate, and colorful story

In the late nineteenth century Tom Ketchum and his brother Sam formed the Ketchum Gang with other outlaws and became successful train robbers. In their day, the