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  • Roy Bean

    Law West of the Pecos

    by C. L. Sonnichsen ...
    Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. (1825-1903), self-styled "Law West of the Pecos," was an eccentric American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas. According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas.Southwestern historian and folklorist, C. L. Sonnichsen, lived near Judge Bean's house for several ... Read more

    $6.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arizona Humoresque

    A Century of Arizona Humor

    by C. L. Sonnichsen ...
    Arizona Humoresque, a collection of always humorous and often hilarious writing edited by noted Western folklorist C. L. Sonnichsen, adds a new chapter to the social history of the state. Covering the past century, excerpts range from Alfred Henry Lewis's Wolfville series, which poked fun at the unhurried citizens of frontier Tombstone, to Barbara Kingsolver's side-splitting account of trying to ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mescalero Apaches

    by C. L. Sonnichsen ...
    Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    Frederick Webb Hodge remarked that the Eastern Apache tribe called the Mescaleros were “never regarded as so warlike” as the Apaches of Arizona. But the Mescaleros’ history is one of hardship and oppression alternating with wars of revenge. They were friendly to the Spaniards until victimized, and friendly to Americans until they were betrayed again. For three hundred years Mescaleros fought the ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Alias Billy the Kid

    by William V. Morrison, C.L. Sonnichsen ...
    In 1948 a childhood friend of Billy the Kid claimed Billy was still living and led investigators to a man in Texas known as William H. "Brushy Bill" Roberts. After initially denying it, Brushy finally agreed to confess his identity on the condition the investigator would help him obtain a pardon so he could die a free man. Over the course of several months Mr. Roberts provided many astounding ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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    Roy Bean: Law West of the Pecos

    by C. L. Sonnichsen ...
    Narrated by Jack Chekijian ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 46 min

    Roy Bean is one of the immortals of the Old West, a rough-and-ready old timer once celebrated from San Antonio to Shanghai. He came to Texas in 1882 and had his town named after a romantic crush (a British socialite he never met). When he hung up his shingle as a justice of the peace and notary public, he offered ice-cold beer. Bean upheld the peace to his own satisfaction and personal gain and ... Read more

    $32.15 CAD

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  • Outlaws and Peace Officers

    Memoirs of Crime and Punishment in the Old West

    Edited by Stephen Brennan ...
    This New York Times' bestseller features the West’s most prominent lawmen and criminals, who tell their stories of fight, death, and survival.In the romantic narrative of the Old West, two larger-than-life characters emerged as the perfect foils for each other-the rampant outlaw and the heroic peace officer. Without the villain, sheriffs would not have needed to uphold the law; and without the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws

    Incredible True Stories of Wild West Showdowns and Frontier Justice

    by William MacLeod Raine ...
    This in-depth collection, unchanged since the 1940s, tells of the most legendary heroes and villains of the Old West. Get swept back to a time when sheriffs did their best to keep order in a lawless land. Read about the likes of Tom Horn, the “Apache Kid,” “Bucky” O’Neill, Tom Nickson, and many more!Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws is a classic for everyone interested in history and what is was ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Saga of Billy the Kid

    The Thrilling Life of America's Original Outlaw

    by Walter Noble Burns ...
    Originally published in 1926, this biography tells the rousing tale of Billy the Kid, once of the most well known outlaws in the Old West. The Saga of Billy the Kid focuses on a period of time where two dangerous gangs tore a bloody path across Lincoln, New Mexico. After being shot to death in 1881 by the intrepid Lincoln County sheriff Pat Garret, Billy the Kid became a romanticized symbol of the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • True Crime Chronicles, Volume Two

    Serial Killers, Outlaws, and Justice ... Real Crime Stories From The 1800s

    Edited by Mike Rothmiller ...
    Newspaper reports of Jack the Ripper, Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and others compiled by the New York Times–bestselling author.Former detective and bestselling author Mike Rothmiller has brought together classic works of journalism that will take the reader on a fascinating journey back in time to when these horrific tales mesmerized a nation. Some may find these articles and ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Saga of Billy the Kid

    by Walter Noble Burns ...
    First published in 1925, this entertaining and dramatic biography forever installed outlaw Billy the Kid in the pantheon of mythic heroes from the Old West and is still considered the single most influential portrait of Billy in this century. Saga focuses on the Kid's life and experiences in the bloody war between the Murphy-Dolan and Tunstall-McSween gangs in and around Lincoln, New Mexico ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mojave Crossing

    by Louis L'Amour ...
    Series Book 11 - Sacketts
    Louis L’Amour takes William Tell Sackett on a treacherous passage from the Arizona goldfields to the booming town of Los Angeles.Tell Sackett was no ladies’ man, but he could spot trouble easily enough. And Dorinda Robiseau was the kind of trouble he wanted to avoid at any time—even more so when he had thirty pounds of gold in his saddlebags and a long way to travel. But when she begged him for ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West

    by David Fisher, Bill O'Reilly ...
    Series series Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
    The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historic series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we knowHow did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman-and was he an African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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