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Stage dreams

Grace, a transgender runaway escaping Georgia and the threat of conscription during the Civil War, is kidnapped by the notorious outlaw The Ghost Hawk, who means to hold Grace for ransom. Learning of her plight, Flo, The Ghost Hawk's real identity, realizes that Grace won't make much of a hostage, and instead, the two ladies come up with a clever scheme to infiltrate a Confederate gala.

The authentic life of Billy the Kid

2011
A history of the life, adventures, and death of William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, written by Sheriff Pat Garrett, the man responsible for killing the outlaw in 1881.

The wolves of Currumpaw

Follow the true story of a notorious wolf pack and the man hired to trap their leader. This is the tale of how one remarkable wolf changed a hunter's life and led to the formation of wildlife conservation societies across America.

The U.S. Camel Corps

an Army experiment
1976

Death comes for the archbishop

1999
Presents the text of the 1927 novel about two priests, friends since their childhood in France, who set out to establish the new Roman Catholic diocese in the American Southwest; and includes explanatory notes, as well as a historical essay that traces the artistic and spiritual development that led to the novel's creation.

Blood and thunder

an epic of the American West
2007
Examines America's westward expansion, describing the forcible subjugation of Native American tribes, including the fierce battles against the Navajo which ended with a brutal siege at Canyon de Chelly and the "Long Walk" migration.

The real Billy the Kid

with new light on the Lincoln County war
1998
Chronicles the life of legendary Western outlaw Billy the Kid and discusses his gunfights, his encounters with the Apache Indians, his involvement in the Lincoln County War, and other related topics.

Robbers, rogues, and ruffians

true tales of the Wild West in New Mexico
1991

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