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How the West Was Worn
Bustles And Buckskins On The Wild Frontier
Av Chris Enss
Häftad, 2005
233 kr
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Fashion that was in vogue in the East was highly desirable to pioneers during the frontier period of the American West. It was also extraordinarily difficult to obtain, often impractical, and sometimes the clothing was just not durable enough for the men and women who were forging new homes for …
Thunder over the Prairie
The True Story Of A Murder And A Manhunt By The Greatest Posse Of All Time
Av Chris Enss, Howard Kazanjian
Häftad, 2009
217 kr
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Future legends of the Old West, Charlie Bassett, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, and Bill Tilghman were the lawmen who patrolled the unruly streets. When a cattle baron’s son fled town after the shooting of the popular saloon singer named Dora Hand, the four men--all experts with a gun who knew the …
Love Untamed: Romances of the Old West
Häftad, 2002
183 kr
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From Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate to Frank Butler and Annie Oakley and the lesser-known Mollie Walsh and Packer Jack Newman, this book reveals the stories behind some of the West's most famous, passionate, and tempestuous romances.
Hearts West
True Stories Of Mail-Order Brides On The Frontier
Av Chris Enss
Häftad, 2005
183 kr
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Complete with actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, New York Times bestselling book Hearts West includes twelve stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits. Some were fortunate enough to marry good men and live happily ever after; still …
Doctor Wore Petticoats
Women Physicians Of The Old West
Av Chris Enss
Häftad, 2006
217 kr
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A New York Times Bestseller! "No women need apply." Western towns looking for a local doctor during the frontier era often concluded their advertisements in just that manner. Yet apply they did. And in small towns all over the west, highly trained women from medical colleges in the East took on the …
Tales Behind the Tombstones
The Deaths And Burials Of The Old West’s Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, And Celebrated Lawmen
Av Chris Enss
Häftad, 2007
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217 kr
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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 …
Pistol Packin' Madams
True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West
Av Chris Enss
Häftad, 2006
223 kr
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Between 1840 and 1870, hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic dreamers embarked on the 2,000-mile journey into the wide-open frontier of the United States in search of free land, gold, adventure, and a better life. Although only a few women were numbered among the very first pioneers, those who did …
Cowboy and the Senorita
A Biography Of Roy Rogers And Dale Evans
Av Chris Enss, Howard Kazanjian
Häftad, 2005
223 kr
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Roy Rogers and Dale Evans ruled the West from the silver screen as the King of Cowboys and and Queen of the West. Off screen, this husband and wife duo raised a family and lived the "Code of the West." Now, in this new biography, named for their first feature film as a pair, the Rogers family …
Lady Was a Gambler
True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West
Av Chris Enss
Häftad, 2007
189 kr
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Amidst mining camps, cow towns, desolate landscapes and filthy boomtowns were a succession of women who survived dangerous gambling games against ruthless rowdy men whose pride was staked on always having the upper hand. In the first book of its kind, author Chris Enss presents an action-filled …
Many Loves of Buffalo Bill
The True Of Story Of Life On The Wild West Show
Av Chris Enss
Häftad, 2010
240 kr
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Hearts West
True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the Frontier
Av Chris Enss
E-bok, 2005
202 kr
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Complete with actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, Hearts West includes twelve stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits. Some were fortunate enough to marry good men and live happily ever after; still others found themselves in desperate …
Tales Behind the Tombstones
The Deaths and Burials of the Old West's Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, and Celebrated Lawmen
Av Chris Enss
E-bok, 2007
220 kr
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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 …
Doctor Wore Petticoats
Women Physicians of the Old West
Av Chris Enss
E-bok, 2006
225 kr
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"No women need apply." Western towns looking for a local doctor during the frontier era often concluded their advertisements in just that manner. Yet apply they did. And in small towns all over the west, highly trained women from medical colleges in the East took on the post of local doctor to …
Frontier Teachers
Stories of Heroic Women of the Old West
Av Chris Enss
E-bok, 2008
218 kr
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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 …
Sam Sixkiller
Cherokee Frontier Lawman
Av Chris Enss, Howard Kazanjian
Häftad, 2012
219 kr
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The Oklahoma Historical Society Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History for 2012. A riveting biography of a little-known Native-American who shaped history-complete with shootouts, romance, intrigue, and a little politics.
Mochi's War
The Tragedy of Sand Creek
Av Chris Enss, Howard Kazanjian
Häftad, 2015
233 kr
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As with many incidents in American history, the victors wrote the first version of history--turning the tragedy of the Sand Creek Massacre into a heroic feat by the Colorado militia tasked with moving the Cheyenne onto reservations. The truth of those events has made Colonel John Chivington's name …
None Wounded, None Missing, All Dead
The Story of Elizabeth Bacon Custer
Av Chris Enss, Howard Kazanjian
E-bok, 2013
260 kr
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On May 17, 1876, Elizabeth Bacon Custer kissed her husband George goodbye and wished him good fortune in his efforts to fulfill the Army’s orders to drive in the Native Americans who would not willingly relocate to a reservation. Adorned in a black taffeta dress and a velvet riding cap with a red …
Outlaw Tales of California
True Stories Of The Golden State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, And Cutthroats
Av Chris Enss
Häftad, 2013
236 kr
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Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of California 2, with compelling legends of the Golden State's most despicable desperadoes. Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, and hiss at lawmen turned outlaws.
Object: Matrimony
The Risky Business Of Mail-Order Matchmaking On The Western Frontier
Av Chris Enss
Häftad, 2012
275 kr
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Desperate to strike it rich during the Western Gold Rushes and eager for the free land afforded them through the Homestead Act, men went west alone and sacrificed many creature comforts. Only after they arrived at their destinations did some of them realize how much they missed female …
Love Lessons from the Old West
Wisdom From Wild Women
Av Chris Enss
Häftad, 2014
236 kr
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From Calamity Jane's relentless pursuit of Wild Bill Hickok to Emma Walters, who gave it all up for the dashing Bat Masterson—and learned to regret it, these romantic stories from the Old West are still familiar and entertaining to readers today. Meet Agnes Lake Hickok, the intrepid wife of Wild …
Death Row All Stars
A Story of Baseball, Corruption, and Murder
Av Chris Enss, Howard Kazanjian
Häftad, 2014
190 kr
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It was the golden age of baseball, and all over the country teams gathered on town fields in front of throngs of fans to compete for local glory. In Rawlins, Wyoming, residents lined up for tickets to see slugger Joseph Seng and the rest of the Wyoming Penitentiary Death Row All Stars as they took …
Object: Matrimony
The Risky Business of Mail-Order Matchmaking on the Western Frontier
Av Chris Enss
E-bok, 2012
285 kr
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Complete with historic photographs and actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, Object Matrimony includes stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits as well as stories of the marriage brokers, mercenary matchmakers looking to profit as …
Ma Barker
America's Most Wanted Mother
Av Chris Enss, Howard Kazanjian
Häftad, 2016
190 kr
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Was Arizona Donnie Clark, AKA Kate “Ma” Barker the mastermind behind the Barker gang terrorizing the Midwest during the early years of the great Depression? Or was she a terrible mother who urged her sons to criminal behavior for her own financial gain? Or does the truth lie somewhere in between. …
Meet the Kellys
The True Story of Machine Gun Kelly and His Moll Kathryn Thorne
Av Chris Enss
Inbunden, 2025
284 kr
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Gangsters. Lovers. Legends. Meet the Kellys—the bootlegging, bank-robbing, husband-wife duo known as “Machine Gun” Kelly and Kathyrn Thorne—who masterminded one of the most infamous kidnappings in American crime . . . How did a small-time, hip-pocket bootlegger become one of the most notorious …
Meet the Kellys
The True Story of Machine Gun Kelly and His Moll Kathryn Thorne
Av Chris Enss
E-bok, 2025
408 kr
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Gangsters. Lovers. Legends. Meet the Kellys—the bootlegging, bank-robbing, husband-wife duo known as “Machine Gun” Kelly and Kathyrn Thorne—who masterminded one of the most infamous kidnappings in American crime. . . . How did a small-time, hip-pocket bootlegger become one of the most notorious …
Entertaining Women
Actresses, Dancers, and Singers in the Old West
Av Chris Enss
Häftad, 2015
186 kr
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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 Enss …
Entertaining Women
Actresses, Dancers, and Singers in the Old West
Av Chris Enss
E-bok, 2015
254 kr
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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 Enss …
Many Loves of Buffalo Bill
The True Of Story Of Life On The Wild West Show
Av Chris Enss
E-bok, 2010
260 kr
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“What we want to do is give our women even more liberty than they have. Let them do any kind of work that they see fit, and if they do it as well as men, give them the same pay.”—William F. Cody, 1899 With rough-riding cowboys, sure shots, and fantastic reenactments of battles and train robberies, …
Beautiful Mine
Women Prospectors Of The Old West
Av Chris Enss
E-bok, 2008
201 kr
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During the gold rush, women worked alongside men panning and digging for gold and silver in the mountains of Colorado, California, and all the way up to Alaska. While many books have been written about the frontier women who ran brothels and boarding houses in mining towns, none have told the true …
How the West Was Worn
Bustles And Buckskins On The Wild Frontier
Av Chris Enss
E-bok, 2005
247 kr
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Fashion that was in vogue in the East was highly desirable to pioneers during the frontier period of the American West. It was also extraordinarily difficult to obtain, often impractical, and sometimes the clothing was just not durable enough for the men and women who were forging new homes for …
