"At the solicitation of many friends and acquaintances as well as a great many people who are desirous of knowing about early life in the wild west and the Great American Desert, especially in wicked Dodge City, I write these true stories and historical facts. The task is a pleasant one. As I look back and endeavor to recall the events of that period, a kaleidoscopic panorama presents itself to my mind — a picture ever changing, ever restless, with no two days alike in experience. In t...

"One of the founders of Dodge City." -Wild Bill and His Era, 1933"A true picture of life among buffalo-hunters, scouts, gamblers, stockmen." -Warren King Moorehead, 1914"Knew Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Luke Short, the Seven Old Timers, the badmen, and the Cowboy Band, and he shows you photographs." -Month at Goodspeed's 1938"He fought Indians, he hunted buffalo, he raised wheat, he was a merchant, a stock fa...

Few people represent the spirit of the Old West like Colonel William "Buffalo Bill" Cody! From Indian fights to buffalo hunts to his now-legendary touring Wild West Show, Buffalo Bill brought the legend of the Wild West to the world. Modern readers can enjoy the exploits of this larger-than-life hero through "The Buffalo Bill Megapack," which assembles 5 classic works on the life of Buffalo Bill: "Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood," by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham; "The Life ...

An Eastern Correspondent spends the summer on duty with Hancock's 1867 Indian Expedition, following Hancock and Custer as they attempt to make peace with the warring Indians on the plains. Good examples of real life in the Indian Wars.

The Chronicles of the Old West gathers four of Emerson Hough's historical studies into a sweeping account of the American frontier: its trails, cattle ranges, outlaw legends, migrant caravans, and gradual absorption into national life. Written in a vigorous, documentary style that blends anecdote, reportage, and romantic retrospect, the volume belongs to the early twentieth-century tradition of frontier historiography, when writers sought to preserve memories of a rapidly vanishing West wh...

This frontier classic is one of the best books written about the world’s greatest cattle trail, the Chisholm Trail, a trail that was approximately eight hundred miles long, running from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas. It is a comprehensive book about the cattle drives of our western frontier and the interesting characters associated with them. Such characters include Charles Goodnight, Charles A. Siringo, Joseph G. McCoy and various Indian Chiefs and gunslingers.After the Ci...

Tom Leforge was a legend in his time. Interpreter and scout, he lived among the Crow Indians, as a Crow, for decades. If not for a broken collar bone, Leforge would have been with the six Crow scouts that accompanied General George Armstrong Custer to the Little Bighorn. Instead, he watched from a hospital wagon as the troops marched off to their destiny. Days later, he interpreted Crow scout Curly's account of the battle for Lt. James Bradley.This is one of the most important memo...

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.The Vigilantes of Montana Or Popular Justice in The Rocky Mountains is a collection of accounts of the lives and crimes of many of the robbers and desperadoes, interspersed with sketches of life in the mining camps of the Wild West.

This colorful memoir brings the Texas frontier to life, from smuggling adventures to fighting in the Texas Revolution and serving as a Texas Ranger.Having left Kentucky at nineteen, Noah Smithwick arrived in Texas in 1827 to seek his fortune in a "lazy man's paradise." He left in 1861, when his opposition to secession took him to California. Looking back at that time, blind and nearing ninety, Smithwick recounted the story to his daughter—and so came to be this inv...

In "David Crockett: His Life and Adventures," John S. C. Abbott masterfully intertwines biography and folklore, presenting the compelling narrative of the legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett. Abbott employs a vivid, accessible prose style that captures the rugged spirit of 19th-century America, underscoring the cultural and historical milieu in which Crockett became a symbol of frontier resilience and adventure. The book delves into Crockett's life, from his humble beginnings to his explo...

"The last celebrated captivity of white women, taken by Utes after an uprising at the White River Acency." -The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West (1981)"Josephine Meeker and Flora Price were held captive by a group of White River Utes after the Indians killed 10 men at the Indian Agency." -Worth Their Salt: Notable but Often Unnoted Women of Utah (1996)"Twelve Utes, led by Quinkent, then kidnapped 63-year-old Arvilla and daughter Josephine Meeker and a Mrs. Pr...

From service in the Civil War to presiding over the trial of Wild Bill Hickok's killer to raising sheep, Judge W.L. Kuykendall lived a frontier life full of real adventure and close calls.When elected judge by the citizens of Deadwood for the trial of Hickok's killer, Kuykendall told the town..."While willing to assume the responsibility, I refused to serve unless all those present agreed to be present with their revolvers when the court convened to see that a proper jury committee...