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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Originally published in 1892.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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The History of the American West Collection is a unique project that provides opportunities for researchers and new readers to easily access and explore works which have previously only been available on library shelves. The Collection brings to life pre-1923 titles focusing on a wide range of topics and experiences in US Western history.From the initial westward migration, to exploration and development of the American West to daily life in the West and intimate pictures of the people who inhabited it, this collection offers American West enthusiasts a new glimpse at some forgotten treasures of American culture.Encompassing genres such as poetry, fiction, nonfiction, tourist guides, biographies and drama, this collection provides a new window to the legend and realities of the American West. ... Read more

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1903. Hough's literary career grew out of his taking camping trips and writing about them for publication. His body of work eventually included 27 novels and hundreds of short stories and articles. Hough's early works included The Singing Mouse Stories, for children, and the nonfiction The Story of the Cowboy. He had his first major success in 1902 with the novel The Mississippi Bubble, which became a bestseller. The Way to the West followed the next year. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1900.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Originally published in 1892.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1900Original Publisher: Harper ... Read more

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And The Story Of His Indian Campaigns With Comments On The Exploration, Development And Progress Of Our Great Western Empire. ... Read more

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1898. Drawings by Remington, the renowned Western artist, with notes and verses by Owen Wister and others. Wister writes in the Introduction: No artist until Remington has undertaken to draw so clearly the history of the people...He has pictured the red man as no one else...He has told his tragedy completely...Remington has recorded the white man who encountered him-recorded this man also in every stage from dignity to sordid squalor. Pioneers, trappers, cowboys, miners, prospectors, gamblers, bandits-the whole motley rout goes ineffaceably into Remington's pages. And, finally, he has not forgotten nature herself. The mystery of the untouched plains and the awe of the unscaled mountain heights have been set down by him not only truthfully, but with potent feeling and imagination. ... Read more

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As close to the horse's mouth as you'll ever get
This book is a small treasure.Not only is the author well versed in his subject, but he writes extremely well, chooses his words carefully, and writes in the vernacular of his time on the western frontier.And where else can one read biographies of such illustrious frontier characters as Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Luke Short, Bill Tilghman, and Ben Thompson written by a man who actually knew them up-close and personal and who actually ate, rode, slept, worked, gambled, and in some cases fought beside them.Based on his intimate knowledge of these men, Masterson provides precise physical descriptions and thoughtful impressions of their strengths, weaknesses, and character traits.He also shares many stories about these men based on his personal experiences, his conversations with them, and the recollections of others who knew them well and some who fought along side them.

I did find the book wanting in one respect, however.Although, most of Masterson's essays are based on his close personal knowledge, there seem to be some instances in which he appears to be repeating stories that he may have heard elsewhere, which he may have picked up from other sources, or which may simply have been the prevailing stories told at the time the book was written (1907).Some of these appear to be a little bit stilted and a few are somewhat superficial and don't seem to be entirely accurate.This is particularly true of his discussion of the Earp brothers' troubles in Tombstone; the gunfight at the O.K. Corral; and that gunfight's aftermath -- all of which he seemed to gloss over; as well as the chapter on Buffalo Bill Cody.True, Masterson had been in Tombstone but, to the best of my knowledge, he wasn't there when any of these events took place.In any case, he clearly had only a cursory knowledge of and an inaccurate view of those happenings.Similarly, I got the impression that Masterson may have known of Cody's exploits but that he had no direct knowledge of them nor did he really know Cody all that well.

In any event, Bat Masterson has written a valuable little book.It is sad for America's western heritage that he didn't also write his memoirs.But this book is a treasure.So, despite its few flaws, it is a must read for anyone interested in western history or simply in any of the above mentioned frontiersmen.
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1889. Prentice Mulford was a humorist of California literature. His philosophy and humor intrigued many readers in his articles of European travels published in the 'Golden Eye,' 'Overland,' and the San Francisco Daily Press. This story is an amusing account of his experiences in California. The illustrator attended the Yale School of Fine Arts and is unsurpassed in his works on the West. ... Read more