192 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Bibliography
Includes filmography (p. 188-191).
Contents
The laureate of the lariat -- The way West -- Mountain men -- Law and order in the West: outlaws and lawmen -- The age of the gunfighter -- Gambling -- Gunfighter profiles -- The Mormons -- Cowboys and Indians. Charles Goodnight ; Louis L'Amour's Indians -- The buffalo hunters -- Great institutions of the West. The Texas Rangers ; Pinkerton's National Detective Agency -- The Civil War -- Wells Fargo & Co. -- Gold diggers -- Western towns -- The railroad -- Western women.
