west (united states)

Biographical sketches profile thirty-five African-American men and women who explored and settled the frontiers of the early United States.

Text and photographs describe efforts of a small band of cowboys to round up wild horses and burros to prevent their growing numbers from overgrazing fragile desert land.

Presents the Native American side to the battles, massacres, and broken treaties in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Gunfighter Matt Brennan rides into a range war and meets the woman of his dreams.

Photographic history of the cowgirl, including real-life cattle queens, bandits, and ranchwomen of the Old West, the fearless bronc riders of the rodeo circuit, and the glamour girls of Hollywood westerns.

A revision of a 1964 biography of James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wild Bill, " drawing from materials held by Hickok family members to provide accurate information about the life and career of the legendary frontiersman.