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Author : Kevin Thorsheim
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462811663
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Ten Tall Tales of the Old West written by Kevin Thorsheim and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 1999-09-20 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten short stories of a fictional and hilarious, Old West.
Author : Eric Ode
Publisher : Meadowbrook
ISBN 13 : 9781416936770
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Tall Tales of the Wild West written by Eric Ode and published by Meadowbrook. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of funny tall tales featuring cowboys, cowgirls, and other characters from the Wild West.
Author : Rick Steber
Publisher : Bonanza Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Tall Tales written by Rick Steber and published by Bonanza Publishing. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tall tale begins innocently with convincing facts and a few trivial details thrown in. But in the course of the story the limits of believability are stretched to the breaking point. ln the end we are left wondering how we could have been so naive, so darn gullible. America's tall tales have been handed down through generations and are tirmly rooted in character, situation and landscape. In the past a skillfully-told yarn was a diversion from the drudgery and monotony of everyday life and tellers of tall tales were held in high regard because their stories made people laugh. A tall tale is best enjoyed when told aloud. Dialect, intonation and gestures add to the story. A pause here. A shake of the head there. A practiced laugh. A wink, a sly smile or a deadpan look provide seasoning and can communicate as much as a well-placed word. In our modern fast-paced world, dominated by instant communication, changing technology and constant entertainment, the tall tale is no longer considered an essential part of everyday life. As a result, the telling of tall tales has become a dying art form.
Author : Betty Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (659 download)
Download or read book Great Ghost Stories of the Old West written by Betty Baker and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Editors of True West
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0307236382
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)
Download or read book True Tales and Amazing Legends of the Old West written by Editors of True West and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2005-08-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the west—most of it clouded by exaggeration and fabrication. Since 1953, True West magazine has been devoted to celebrating the West’s true colors, giving the men and women who settled there accurate voices, exploring every triumph and tragedy of their time—and exposing every vice and virtue. True Tales and Amazing Legends of the Old West commemorates these unforgettable cowboys, Indians, and city slickers through a mix of classic histories and brand-new narratives, all illustrated with photographs—many reproduced here for the first time—of the people and places that gave rise to America’s Western mythology. With twenty-six stories that blend fact with folklore, this collection abounds with accounts of the famous and the infamous, including Sacagawea, Wild Bill Hickok, Pancho Villa, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Davy Crockett, and Wyatt Earp. Also here are lesser-known figures whose stories were pivotal to shaping the culture of the era, such as European conquistador Francisco Coronado, rancher “Black Billy” Hill, and fearless lawman Orlando “Rube” Robbins. Other tales recount the wide open plains, lawlessness, drama, mayhem, and promise embodied in the Old West. Whether you’re a history buff, an Old West devotee, or simply someone who is fascinated by the characters of America’s early years, these timeless tales and photographs epitomize the legendary spirit of what it meant to settle the West.
Author : Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0307801616
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Legends and Tales of the American West written by Richard Erdoes and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane to Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Frank and Jesse James, here are more than 130 colorful stories of the pioneers, cowboys, outlaws, gamblers, prospectors, and lawmen who settled the wild west, creating a uniquely American hero and an enduringly fascinating folk mythology. In this wonderfully boisterous treasury of tall tales, everyone and everything is larger than life and bragging is elevated into an art form. Many of these stories are of real people and real events; more than a few, however, grew taller and funnier as they made their rounds from wagon train to campfire to rodeo to miners' quarters. But even if it is far from established that Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett were able to kill three men with one bullet or subdue ferocious grizzly bears with their fists, they come vividly to life here as beloved characters who have become part of the fabric of the American imagination. With black-and white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780876142677
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Ten Tall Tales written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Bird presents ten Western tall tales that he has heard throughout his life, some of them his own.
Author : Robert Edelstein
Publisher : Centennial Books
ISBN 13 : 1951274350
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (512 download)
Download or read book Legends of the Wild West written by Robert Edelstein and published by Centennial Books. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For several hundred years, the West had been the land of dreams, an extraordinary region of hope, expansion and opportunity where European countries—and then the young USA itself—sent their finest explorers to plant seeds in a seemingly untapped, open landscape. This spirit captured the popular imagination in the Wild West, those raucous 30 years between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of a new century. Within these pages, readers will explore true tales of rebels and heroes such as General George Custer, Buffalo Bill, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Annie Oakley, and Sitting Bull, among others. The Wild West was the American Dream on steroids. It was an age of gunfights and gold rushes, cowboys and Comanches, with the likes of Buffalo Bill, Jesse James and Billy the Kid making their names. It forged extraordinary legends and even bigger lies, with everything fueled by dime novels written back East that encouraged folks to grab their share of a promise that was difficult for this hard land to keep. This book looks at all these mythical characters, the start of the railroad across the nation, the cost it all dealt to the Native Americans whose land was lost, and the way Hollywood still keeps the dream alive. As historian Richard White says, “People could go west and no matter their failures elsewhere, they had an opportunity to remake themselves. It’s a symbol for a kind of individualism that actually doesn’t exist in the West, but mythically it does.”
Author : Elmer Kelton
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 1250161134
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Wild West written by Elmer Kelton and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled for the first time in book form, seven-time Spur Award-winning author Elmer Kelton's short story collection, Wild West. From rodeos to rustlers, from ranch life to the outlaw trail, Elmer Kelton’s take on the human condition shows us life in Texas as it was back then: simpler, but harder, with danger always present. Readers will meet several unforgettable characters, including a young veteran who overcomes his PTSD to fight a fire ravaging his town, a sheriff who continues to chase bandits despite having lost his job, and a frontier housewife who refuses to let her home be held hostage by dangerous criminals—even when all seems lost. Equally fascinating are the rancher and his wife who protect their adopted son when his abusive biological father returns unexpectedly, and the two women whose argument over a prospective lover leads to a no-holds-barred rodeo barrel race. As in all of Elmer Kelton’s work, readers will, once again, encounter the timeless strength of the human heart and the human spirit when everything else has gone awry. Filled with adventure and imbued with a love of the time, the people, and the place, these stories take us from the earliest days of the Wild West well into the twentieth century, each one embodying a passion for life that’s as wide as Texas sky. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Charles Marion Russell
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Trails Plowed Under written by Charles Marion Russell and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 1927 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowpunchers, Indians and horses are the heroes and villains of these tales from the early days of Montana and Wyoming.
Author : Joy Cowley
Publisher : Gecko Press
ISBN 13 : 187757970X
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (775 download)
Download or read book Stories of the Wild West Gang written by Joy Cowley and published by Gecko Press. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bumper volume of stories about the hilarious West family. Michael's cousins, the West family, are everything he's not allowed to be at home -- noisy, crazy, and very, very messy. Michael's cousins, the West family, are everything he's not allowed to be at home - noisy, crazy and very, very messy. Wherever the Wild West Gang goes, adventure is not far behind - and it's the sort of adventure you don't want your parents to know about.
Author : Brad Steiger
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
ISBN 13 : 157859345X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (785 download)
Download or read book Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside written by Brad Steiger and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spotlighting news articles, historical accounts, and firstperson interviews, this chronicle of human interactions with monsters will convince even the most hardened skeptic of the existence of the bogeyman, bigfoot, werewolves, and swamp creatures. Offering an array of wild reports—from the police officer who begrudgingly responded to a call about a longhaired woman flying over a suburban neighborhood only to find himself calling for backup when she attacked his patrol car to the motorist whose headlights illuminated a sevenfoot tall, wolflike creature that stood on its hind legs—this historical record highlights scary and unbelievable narratives. From slightly demented humans to spinetingling paranormal encounters, each outlandish occurrence is detailed with thorough research and recounted with a storyteller's crafted voice.
Author : Paul Robert Walker
Publisher : National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9780792282181
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (821 download)
Download or read book True Tales of the Wild West written by Paul Robert Walker and published by National Geographic Children's Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shares ten stories featuring legendary places, events, and characters from the era of westward expansion.
Author : Steven Price
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493031996
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Stories of the Old West written by Steven Price and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saddle up for a wild ride through those thrilling days of yesteryear. In Stories of the Old West, Steven Price serves up a heapin’ helpin’ of tales of America’s frontier days: ranches and rodeos, lawmen and desperadoes, saloons and gunslingers, wilderness exploring and range warfare, and everything else that reflects our fascination with our Western heritage from its earliest untamed era to the dawn of the 20th Century. Contributors include Zane Grey, Teddy Roosevelt, Buffalo Bill Cody, Willa Cather, Helen Cody Wetmore, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Bret Harte and Owen Wister, to name only a few.
Author : Chris Enss
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493011499
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Love Lessons from the Old West written by Chris Enss and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Calamity Jane’s relentless pursuit of Wild Bill Hickok to Emma Walters, who gave it all up for the dashing Bat Masterson—and learned to regret it, these romantic stories from the Old West are still familiar and entertaining to readers today. Meet Agnes Lake Hickok, the intrepid wife of Wild Bill Hickok and learn about the last love letter he sent before being dealt the dead man’s hand. Learn the story behind the charming performer Lotta Crabtree’s heartaches. And discover the tale of the dashing Kit Carson and his beautiful bride. This collection features the lessons learned by and from the antics of the women who shaped the West.
Author : John D. Seelye
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806132839
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (328 download)
Download or read book Stories of the Old West written by John D. Seelye and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes selections from Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Owen Wister, Frederic Remington, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Frank Norris, Stewart Edward White, O. Henry, and Mary Austin.
Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Children's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780531232156
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (321 download)
Download or read book If You Were a Kid in the Wild West written by Tracey Baptiste and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During the 1800s, many settlers moved westward across North America to seek their fortunes as farmers, ranchers, and miners. In the Wild West, there were few towns and few people paid much attention to laws. Readers will take a trip through this thrilling period of American history as they join Louise and Nat for a tale of cowboys in a frontier town. They will find out how people lived, worked, and traveled in the Wild West, and much more."--Publisher's description.
