Nathan Ward
1) Son of the Old West: the odyssey of Charlie Siringo: cowboy, detective, writer of the wild frontier
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 347 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An epic account of the Old West and a vivid portrait of the outsized life of cowboy, detective, and chronicler Charlie Siringo. No figure in the Old West lived or influenced its legacy more fully than Charlie Siringo. Born in Matagorda, Texas, in 1855, Charlie went on his first cattle drive at age 11 and spent two decades living his boyhood dream as a cowboy. As the dangerous, lucrative "beeves" business boomed, Siringo drove longhorn steers north...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xxi, 214 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating portrait of the overlooked Dashiell Hammett-- from his years as a Pinkerton detective to becoming the author of arguably the most iconic detective novels of the twentieth century"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Who killed Mike the Bike? The Rider & The Wolf tells the story of mountain bike pioneer Mike Rust, the hall of fame cyclist who disappeared without a trace in Colorado. Mountain biking, mystery and murder in the American West. This award winning documentary tells the origin story of the sport of mountain biking in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, told by the men and women who helped this sport erupt out of remote mountain mining and railroad towns...