American Old West

Weird but True Stories from the American Old West: Strange and Bizarre Tales from the Frontier, 1865–1895 is a thrilling journey through the most unusual, mysterious, and downright bizarre real-life stories to come out of the Wild West. From haunted saloon pianos and vanishing mining towns to storm-riding cowboys and a decapitated outlaw whose ghost still roams the gallows, this captivating collection brings to life the stranger side of frontier history. Every chapter reveals a unique tale rooted in actual accounts, period newspapers, or enduring local legends—all set west of the ...

Saddle up for a wild ride with The Old West: A History of the American Frontier by Oscar Johnson. Oscar Johnson brings the past to life in a way that feels more like a fireside tale told by someone who smells faintly of a horse. This audiobook gives you everything you need to understand The Old West, without needing to be chased by bandits to appreciate it. This isn't the sort of history book that puts you to sleep after page three. There are no droning lectures or endless dates to memorise.

Step back in time and immerse yourself in the rugged landscapes, daring outlaws, fearless lawmen, and untamed frontier spirit that defined an era. Introducing The Greatest Stories of The Old West Ever Told – a captivating journey into the heart of the Wild West's most legendary tales! This book is a treasure trove of the Old West's most thrilling narratives, expertly curated to bring you the very best of this iconic period in American history. You'll meet legendary figures like: George Custer, the proud and overconfident Colonel and Civil War hero who led his army into a slaughter at the ...

Jake Stone is a bounty hunter working out of Denver, Colorado. Over the years the forty-something-year-old manhunter has excelled to the point that he has been given a Special Deputy U. S. Marshal’s badge, allowing him to be called upon when a deputy might not otherwise be available. This badge also opens a lot of doors that might otherwise be closed. Stone never hesitates to use that position to his advantage. This package contains the entire Stone: Bounty Hunter Series One. Ride along with the old west lawman through the gun smoke and rifle fire as he pursues gunslingers and other old ...

Yuma Prison was as close to a death sentence as a man could come without being hung. Mark Robichaud survived and now he’s back. A lot of people are going to pay for the injustice of sending an innocent man to that hellhole and it won’t be pretty before all the culprits pay the price. There is nothing sweeter than revenge served cold and that's exactly the way Robichaud intends to dish it out. “Dead Man Out of Yuma” is a series of 16 not-so-short episodes with each having its own fast-paced story of vengeance and old west justice. “Dead Man Out of Yuma” tells of a man who had ...

U.S. Marshal Hunter Cole is called upon to restore peace and stop a gang from attacking a sacred site of the Apaches. The small town of Thunder Ridge is built near an ancient Apache ruins, where whispers of hidden treasure stir excitement. A notorious gang led by Lucas Crane rides into town, seeking gold and priceless artifacts rumored to be buried by Apache ancestors. The town’s peace crumbles when its residents start fearing the outlaws’ greed might provoke a war with the Apache tribe. The town’s mayor realizes he has no choice but to call in U.S. Marshal Hunter Cole to capture ...

They killed the sheriff. Now his son has to wear the badge. In Dusty Gorge, the coming railroad promises fortunes for the men ruthless enough to seize them. No one stands in the way of cattle baron Raymond Rourke – except Sheriff Thomas Mercer. So Rourke has him murdered. The killing leaves the town frightened and desperate for someone to stand against the violence tightening around the valley. That burden falls to Thomas’s son, Elias Mercer, a 24-year-old deputy who never believed he was ready to become sheriff. Unlike the hardened men around him, Elias doesn’t drink, gamble, or ...

The American West was never just a man’s world. In The Forgotten Frontier, bestselling author Richard Fleischman uncovers the extraordinary lives of women who braved the harsh realities of the 19th-century American frontier. Through vivid, deeply researched storytelling, this powerful volume gives voice to the women who crossed mountains, deserts, and boundaries—both physical and social. From midwives who delivered babies on dirt floors to widows who defended their homes with rifles in hand, these women lived at the intersection of grit, grief, resilience, and resolve. Some followed ...

The mythical legends and historical allure of the old west come galloping onward with The Old West Collection: Amazing Legends and Incredible Tales of the American West. This thundering audio compendium celebrates the epic events of America's frontier, whether rediscovering the California gold rush at Sutter's Mill in '49 or recreating the outsize personalities of John Jacob Astor to Belle Starr and Billy the Kid. From racing on horseback for Oklahoma land in '89 to Dodge and Last Chance Gulch.

A riveting history of the American West told for the first time through the pioneering women who used the challenges of migration and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights, and transformed the country in the process Between 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of men and women...

Can a mistaken identity lead to love? When Matthew Canton's mail-order bride is kidnapped from her wagon train, he doesn't hesitate to rescue her. But he didn't expect to have to bargain for her--and he certainly didn't expect her to be someone entirely different. Sophia Zane needed a quiet, quick way out of Kansas City with the money she inherited. Opting to join a wagon train headed west, she doesn't correct the wagon master when he assumes she's someone else. It's safer to leave under a different name, and her way is now already paid. When outlaws kidnap Sophia from the wagon train, she ...

In July 1876, three weeks after Little Bighorn, army scout William F. Cody killed a Cheyenne warrior named Yellow Hair at Warbonnet Creek. Within weeks he was performing the killing on a Rochester stage — in the same black velvet costume he had worn when it happened. He was not dramatizing the frontier after the fact. He was reenacting it while it was still running — and for the next four decades that is what he kept doing, for paying audiences, on a scale no one has matched since. Nearly everything you picture when you picture the Old West — the buckskin scout, the stagecoach chased ...

Once, Matt Claymore wore a badge and made outlaws think twice about riding into Victor, Texas. As sheriff, the six-foot-four lawman kept the town’s peace with steady hands and a quick gun. Then, one night changed everything. When his wife Sarah was killed by a careless drunk, the badge stopped meaning anything. Matt walked away from the law and the man he used to be. Five years later, Victor town faces a new threat. Arlo Bohannon – one of the richest and most ruthless cattle barons in Texas – has set his sights on the town and the nearby Comanche village. With hired gunmen and money ...

The sand hides everything. Eventually. Far from the city lights and paved roads, there are stretches of earth that belong only to the scavengers. This is where the desperate run, where the violent thrive, and where the unlucky simply disappear. From the merciless slaughter of territorial border massacres to the blood-stained dirt of isolated arroyos where legendary lawmen met unpunished ends, this collection strips away the frontier myths to reveal the brutal reality underneath. These are not neat, tidy mysteries wrapped up with a courtroom gavel. These are raw, unflinching accounts of ...

Do you like true stories of the Wild West? You should love these tales of outlaws, gunslingers and adventurers then. Of course you will have heard of most of them as many have become legends. Their escapades were exciting, daring and reckless and many paid the ultimate price in the end. These tales romp along with plenty of action and recreate the atmosphere of this exciting and dangerous era in America's history using the vernacular of the times. PLEASE NOTE - Whilst the events that took place are primarily true, (as far as we know), the author has used a certain amount of creative license...

Do you like true stories of the Wild West? You should love these tales of outlaws, gunslingers and adventurers then. You may not have heard much about some of these bad guys, but they were real, ruthless outlaws and all had their "15 minutes of fame", leaving trails of death and mayhem behind them. Most did not live to an old age, on average just 35 years old, and those that did survive longer were probably in jail. These tales romp along with plenty of action and recreate the atmosphere of this exciting and dangerous era in America's history using the vernacular of the times. Whilst the ...

Do you like true stories of the Wild West? You should love these tales of outlaws and gunslingers then Of course you will have heard of most of them as many have become infamous legends. Some are not so quite well known however, but they were all dangerous and ruthless criminals and all had their "15 minutes of fame", leaving trails of death and mayhem behind them. Most did not live to an old age, and those that did were probably in jail. Their escapades were daring and reckless and many paid the ultimate price in the end. These tales romp along with plenty of action and recreate the ...

After his parents freeze to death, seventeen-year-old Garret Brassfield takes responsibility for his surviving kin and their herd of starving cattle. It’s the Big Die Up – the worst winter in anybody’s memory. With the little help he has left, Garret fights to spare his loved ones from a lonely, frigid death on the open range and learns the ways of ranching so they may survive. Come springtime, everybody’s cattle are half-dead and the money has evaporated from the once booming industry… with one exception. Delmer Potter. His fortunes are securely built on a foundation of ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Three lives, one hundred years, one ghost town: an explosive novel about a mysterious place called Sunrise, where the secrets of the past refuse to stay buried, from the award-winning author of The Tiger’s Wife “Masterful . . . [Obreht] delightfully mashes up several...

Immerse yourself in the gritty American Frontier in Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Read by actor Will Patton, with an exclusive foreword by Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan. A powerful, triumphant tribute to the American West and a masterful epic from the screenwriter of Brokeback...