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The University of Oklahoma Press is proud to bring you our new Outlaws & Lawmen catalog. The catalog includes over 70 titles and is divided into four sections for easy accessibility.

The following pages contain more than seventy titles fea- turing some of America’s most infamous western outlaws and best-known upholders of the law in a lawless land. Among them are books by such best-selling and award- winning authors as Robert K. DeArment, Frederick Nolan, Joseph G. Rosa, and Leon Metz, to name only a few.

For more than seventy-five years, the University of- Okla homa Press has published outstanding books about the outlaws and lawmen of the American frontier. Our dedica- tion to excellence is reflected in the wide array of titles presented in this catalog.

We hope you enjoy this catalog and appreciate your continued support of the University of Oklahoma Press. oupress.com new books N e w B o o k s Coming Fall 2007

The Billy the Kid Reader By Frederick Nolan

Award-winning historian Frederick Nolan has scoured the published literature on William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, bringing together two distinct periods of Billy the Kid studies: works of popularizers, who tended to exaggerate his historical role, and the findings of grassroots researchers who have reassessed our perceptions of the Kid. Enhanced with dozens of illustrations, this collection will satisfy both seasoned Kid aficionados and first-time readers eager to learn more about the man and the legend.

$29.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3849-7 · 400 pages

Deadly Dozen, Volume 2 By Robert K. DeArment

In this sequel to his Deadly Dozen, celebrated western historian Robert K. DeArment now offers more biographical portraits of lesser-known gunfighters—men who perhaps weren’t glorified in legend or song, but were rightfully notorious in their day. In giving these men their due, DeAr- ment takes readers back to the gunfighter culture spawned in part by the upheavals of the Civil War, to a time when deadly duels were part of the social fabric of frontier towns, and the Code of the West was real. His vignettes offer tell- ing insights into the conditions on the frontier that created the gunfighters of legend.

$29.95 Cloth(S) · 978-0-8061-3863-3 · 416 pages

Verne Sankey America’s First Public Enemy By Timothy W. Bjorkman

In late January 1934, as authorities delivered John Dillinger to an Indiana jail, the United States Justice Department announced, for the first time, that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had just captured America’s Public Enemy No. 1. It was not Dillinger they referred to, but an affable railroader turned outlaw, Verne Sankey. Timothy W. Bjork- man has written the first full-length biography of this over- looked criminal, relating how a South Dakota family man became a bootlegger, a bank robber, and eventually a kid- napper whose deeds heralded a nationwide crime spree.

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Deadly Dozen Ballots and Bullets Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters The Bloody County Seat of the Old West Wars of Kansas Deadly Dozen tells the story of twelve Focusing on the tumultuous years infamous gunfighters, feared in their 1885–1892, Robert K. DeArment’s own times but almost forgotten to- compelling narrative is the first to re- day. DeArment studies John Bull, Pat Desmond, veal the complete story of the county seat wars that Mart Duggan, Milt Yarberry, Dan Tucker, George raged in Kansas—controversial episodes that made Goodell, Bill Standifer, Charley Perry, Barney national news in the late 1900s but are largely un- Riggs, Dan Bogan, Dave Kemp, and Jeff Kidder. known today. $29.95 Cloth(S) · 978-0-8061-3559-5 · 256 pages $29.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3784-1 · 272 pages Deadly Dozen, Volume II Bat Masterson In this sequel to his Deadly Dozen, “Certainly he was one of the most col- celebrated western historian Robert orful figures of the late 19th century K. DeArment now offers more bio- West—Bat Masterson was a sher- graphical portraits of lesser-known iff, professional gambler, fight pro- gunfighters—men who perhaps moter and newspaperman...West- weren’t glorified in legend or song, but were right- ern buffs will find much to enjoy in this book.” fully notorious in their day. —Publishers Weekly $29.95 Cloth(S) · 978-0-8061-3863-3 · 416 pages $24.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2221-2 · 442 pages oupress.com s u b j e c t

University of O klahoma Press P r o u d l y P r e s e n t s B o o k s B y Robert K. DeArment

Robert K. DeArment is one of the In 1999, NOLA honored him for his “outstanding most recognized living writers on gunfighters, law- contributions to western historical writing,” and in men, and outlaws of the Old West. He has written 2005 NOLA presented him with the organization’s ten books and won numerous awards for his writ- prestigious William D. Reynolds Award “in recog- ing. Readers and researchers depend on his work nition of outstanding research and writing in West- for its salient attributes: clean, straightforward ern history.” In 2003 WOLA presented him with its writing and impeccable research. equally prestigious Glenn Shirley Award for “life- time achievements in outlaw-lawmen history.” A combat veteran of World War II and a graduate of the University of Toledo, Bob DeArment retired from Among DeArment’s books are Bat Masterson: The a Fortune 500 automotive parts company as Direc- Man and the Legend, selected by True West magazine tor of Distribution in 1988 after thirty-eight years of as one of the fifty best western history books of all service. For more than forty years, he has focused on time, and his forthcoming Deadly Dozen:Forgotten how people on both sides of the law helped or hin- Gunfighters of the Old West, Volume II. In addition, dered its establishment in the frontier West. he has written more than one hundred magazine articles as well as edited and extensively annotat- A member of the Western Writers of America, the ed seven other books on the subject of frontier English Westerners’ Society, and the Western Out- violence. law-Lawman History Association (WOLA), DeAr- ment also served for many years on the board of Bob and his wife, Rose, have been married for fifty- the National Association for Outlaw and Lawman seven years and have four children, seven grandchil- History (NOLA). dren, and one great-grandson.

Bravo of the Brazos Alias Frank Canton John Larn of Fort Griffin, Texas Based on primary materials—court More than a century after his death records, contemporary periodi- in 1878, the mere mention of John cals, and Canton’s own writings and Larn’s name can trigger strong reac- memorabilia—this fast-paced biogra- tions along the Clear Fork of the Brazos phy will give readers unique insights River in northern Texas. In Bravo of the Brazos, Robert into the legendary Canton’s life, and a better un- K. DeArment tells for the first time the complete sto- derstanding of how the rule of law was brought to ry of this enigmatic and controversial figure. the West by six-guns. $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3714-8 · 224 pages $21.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2900-6 · 448 pages George Scarborough Knights of the Green Cloth The Life and Death of a Lawman The Saga of the Frontier Gamblers on the Closing Frontier “The roster of frontier gamblers reads Robert K. DeArment tells the full sto- like a who’s who of the history of the ry of George Scarborough’s life, illu- American Wild West: Wyatt Earp, Bat minating his activity as a lawman dur- Masterson, Luke Short, Doc Holliday, ing the final part of the nineteenth century and his and Poker Alice, to name just a few. Author DeAr- controversial killings while wearing the badge—he ment separates myth from reality as he records the was tried for murder on three occasions and ac- history of the frontier gamblers between 1850 and quitted each time. 1910 as they covered all of the territories of the $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2850-4 · 336 pages day.”—Booklist $34.95(S) Paper · 978-0-8061-2245-8 · 423 pages recent releases 1 8 0 0 6 2 7 7 3 7 7 Recent Releases

Calamity Jane Gunfighter Nation The Woman and the Legend The Myth of the Frontier in By James D. McLaird Twentieth-Century America Calamity Jane is the definitive histo- By Richard Slotkin ry of Martha Canary, a gun-toting, Gunfighter Nation completes Richard swearing, hard-drinking prostitute Slotkin’s trilogy, begun in Regenera- who was transformed into a Wild West heroine. tion Through Violence and continued in Fatal Environ- $29.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3591-5 · 384 pages ment, on the myth of the American frontier. $32.95 Paper(S) · 978-0-8061-3031-6 · 864 pages The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid The American Frontier By Pat F. Garrett Pioneers, Settlers, and Penned a year after Sheriff Pat F. Gar- Cowboys, 1800–1899 rett killed the Kid, “the bravest and By William C. Davis most feared” gunman of Lincoln The American Frontier is a sweeping County, New Mexico, no other firsthand account chronicle of the exploration, expansion, conflict, of lawlessness in the old Southwest is more fasci- and settlement of the territory beyond the Missis- nating than The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid. sippi River. $14.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-1195-7 · 184 pages $24.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3129-0 · 320 pages The Gunfighter And Die in the West Man or Myth? The Story of the O.K. By Joseph G. Rosa Corral Gunfight The gunfighter was a man bred in a By Paula Mitchell Marks lawless and violent era of civil war, This book presents the first fully range wars, and greed for land and detailed, objective narrative of the gold. He played a real and deadly part in a period celebrated gunfight, the tensions leading up to it, when men were conditioned to settle differences and the bitter bloody events that followed. with gunplay. $24.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2888-7 · 480 pages $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-1561-0 · 245 pages Doc Holliday Age of the Gunfighter A Family Portrait Men and Weapons on the By Karen Holliday Tanner Frontier, 1840–1900 Karen Holliday Tanner reveals the By Joseph G. Rosa real man behind the legend. Using Based on contemporary and in- previously undisclosed family docu- formed opinion, Age of the Gun- ments and reminiscences as well as other prima- fighter tells of a tempestuous time and many a ry sources, Tanner documents the inside story of notorious gunfighter, including Wild Bill Hickok, Doc’s life. Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Ed Master- $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3320-1 · 368 pages son, Tom Smith, Bill Tilghman, and others. Duke $27.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2761-3 · 192 pages The Life and Image of John Wayne Triggernometry By Ronald L. Davis A Gallery of Gunfighters To depict the different facets of By Eugene Cunningham Wayne’s life and career, Davis draws In this now classic volume, Eugene on a range of primary and second- Cunningham presents “gallery” bi- ary sources, most notably exclusive interviews with ographies of nearly a score of mas- the people who knew Wayne well, including the ter gunfighters, including Billy the Kid and Butch actor’s costar Maureen O’Hara and his widow, Cassidy. Pilar Wayne. $24.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2837-5 · 482 pages $14.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3329-4 · 400 pages oupress.com featured backlist Featured Backlist

The Conquest of Texas The Vigilantes of Montana Ethnic Cleansing in the By Thomas J. Dimsdale Promised Land, 1820-1875 “Dimsdale’s account is that of an By Gary Clayton Anderson eyewitness who wrote guardedly but In The Conquest of Texas, Gary Clayton quite accurately of the coming of Anderson reveals the ethnic warfare law to Grasshopper Creek and Al- that dominated the Texas frontier during much of der Gulch. . . A valuable addition to the Western the nineteenth century. shelf.”—New York Times $29.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3698-1 · 544 pages $12.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-1379-1 · 284 pages Running with Bonnie Montana’s Righteous and Clyde Hangmen The Ten Fast Years of Ralph Fults The Vigilantes in Action By John Neal Phillips By Lew L. Callaway Running with Bonnie and Clyde is the Edited by Lew L. Callaway, Jr. gripping account of Ralph Fults’s More than a history of the bloody involvement with Bonnie and Clyde Barrow. “A era that spawned the Vigilantes, this is the story western crime book with something for every of life in Montana Territory: of gold fever, Indian reader…comprehensive, well-documented, and warfare, and the cattle empire that ended, along exciting.”—Montana The Magazine of Western History with Captain Williams’s life, in the disastrous win- $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3429-1 · 416 pages ter of 1887. $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2912-9 · 256 pages My Life with Bonnie and Clyde The Life and Adventures By Blanche Caldwell Barrow of Joaquin Murieta Edited by John Neal Phillips The Celebrated California Bandit Bonnie and Clyde, a legendary duo, By John Rollin Ridge were responsible for multiple murders Based on the California criminal and bank robberies, but they did not act alone. career of a nineteenth century Mexi- They were joined by Clyde’s brother Buck Barrow can bandit, the story of this folk hero has been writ- and his wife Blanche. Blanche, the only accomplice ten into state histories, sensationalized in books, who lived beyond early adulthood, left behind a poems, and articles throughout America, Spain, written account of their escapades. This previously France, Chile, and Mexico, and made into a unknown memoir is available for the first time. motion picture. $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3715-5 · 320 pages $14.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-1429-3 · 210 pages A Decent, Orderly Lynching Goodbye, Judge Lynch The Montana Vigilantes The End of a Lawless Era in By Frederick Allen Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin Masterfully written and with numer- By John W. Davis ous photos of key participants, A De- In Goodbye, Judge Lynch, John W. cent, Orderly Lynching clears away the Davis tells the fascinating story of myths surrounding the Montana vigilantes, who how lawlessness finally came to an end in the Big lynched more than fifty men. To construct this de- Horn Basin of northern Wyoming—one of the last finitive account, Frederick Allen scoured numerous frontiers in the continental United States. original sources, including more than forty eyewit- $16.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3774-2 · 280 pages ness accounts—some never before published. $34.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3637-0 · 496 pages SALE $50.00(S) Limited Edition Leather Bound · 978-0-8061-3651-6 · 496 pages featured backlist 1 8 0 0 6 2 7 7 3 7 7

The Texas Sheriff Why the West Was Wild Lord of the County Line A Contemporary Look at the By Thad Sitton Antics of Some Highly Publicized The Texas Sheriff takes a fresh, color- Kansas Cowtown Personalities ful, and insightful look at Texas law By Nyle H. Miller and enforcement during the decades be- Joseph W. Snell fore 1960. Basing his interpretations on prima- Why the West Was Wild is an unabridged and un- ry sources and extensive interviews, Thad Sitton surpassed collection of material on the famous explores the dual nature of Texas sheriffs, demon- and infamous personalities of Kansas’s cowtowns. strating their far-reaching power both to do good These portraits are based on research in newspa- and to abuse the law. pers, legal records, letters, and diaries. $16.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3471-0 · 272 pages $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3530-4 · 704 pages SALE $50.00 Cloth(S) · 978-0-8061-3526-7 (A deluxe Oklahoma Tough 40th anniversary limited edition) · 704 pages My Father, King of the Tulsa Bootleggers Last Hurrah of the By Ron Padgett James-Younger Gang New York poet Ron Padgett tells By Robert Barr Smith the inside story of his notorious fa- In Last Hurrah of the James-Younger ther, a loveable outlaw who earned a reputation Gang, Robert Barr Smith debunks the as a Robin Hood “King of the Bootleggers.” As a James-Younger “Robin Hood” image high-ranking member of the Dixie Mafia, Wayne and shows that the real heroes of the Northfield Padgett was a fascinating mix of high principles raid were the ordinary people who pursued and tri- and criminality, kindness and violence—a kind of umphed over the retreating remnants of the gang. poet of action. $27.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3353-9 · 272 pages $19.95 Paper(S) · 978-0-8061-3732-2 · 288 pages Last of the Old-Time Outlaws William S. Hart The George West Musgrave Story Projecting the American West By Karen H. Tanner and By Ronald L. Davis John D. Tanner, Jr. William S. Hart (1864–1946) was for Incorporating previously unknown movie fans a cherished symbol of the facts about the career of this fron- romantic Old West. This intriguing tier outlaw, the Tanners thoroughly document biography explores the personal and professional Musgrave’s half-century of crime, from his child- life of Hollywood’s prototypical cowboy hero. hood in the Texas brush country to his final days $29.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3558-8 · 256 pages in Paraguay. $39.95 Cloth(S) · 978-0-8061-3424-6 · 384 pages Isaac C. Parker Federal Justice on the Frontier “Let No Guilty Man Escape” By Michael J. Brodhead A Judicial Biography of In his time as district court judge, Isaac C. Parker Parker sentenced over 160 people By Roger H. Tuller to execution, but his reputation as “Let No Guilty Man Escape” presents a bloodthirsty monster is unfounded. Brodhead Isaac C. Parker’s unique brand of tells the life story of this man obscured by the sen- frontier justice within the legal and political con- sationalism of his criminal court cases. text of his time.“A biography of Isaac Parker with- $34.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3527-4 · 240 pages out the shadow of the hangman’s noose lurking in the background is very refreshing. . . . Tuller places Hanging Judge Isaac Parker in a clearer perspective and provides By Fred Harvey Harrington a much more objective assessment of the man and “This is a scholarly and well-written judge than previous biographies.”—Larry D. Ball, book that is not only a biography of author of Desert Lawmen: The High Sheriffs of New the now famous Judge Isaac C. Park- Mexico and Arizona er, but also a graphic portrayal of the $27.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3306-5 · 222 pages rough and tumble Fort Smith-Indian frontier....This book is in a pioneer field and is a unique contribu- tion to western history.”—American Historical Review $19.95 Paper(S) · 978-0-8061-2839-9 · 224 pages oupress.com featured backlist

“Lone Wolf” Gonzaullas, The West of Billy the Kid Texas Ranger By Frederick Nolan By Brownson Malsch In text and in more than 250 imag- “Malsch’s book takes Gonzaullas es, many of them published here for from the cradle to the grave in as the first time, Nolan recreates the life much detail as is possible and does Billy lived and the places and people it in a lively, well-turned, easy to read style.”—Texas he knew. Freemason $29.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3104-7 · 368 pages $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3016-3 · 240 pages Pat Garrett Reminiscences of a Ranger The Story of a Western Lawman Early Times in Southern California By Leon C. Metz By Horace Bell “Undoubtedly the definitive biogra- In Reminiscences of a Ranger, Bell pro- phy of the man who killed Billy the vides character sketches of numerous Kid, this thorough and well-written pioneers, politicians, military figures, analysis deals effectively with almost every ques- and outlaws, and he vividly describes riots and tion that has been raised about the controversial shootouts in city streets and campaigns against life and death of Pat Garrett.”—Library Journal Indians and bandits. $24.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-1838-3 · 336 pages $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3152-8 · 528 pages Life of Tom Horn, A Texas Ranger Government Scout By N. A. Jennings and Interpreter A Texas Ranger is an updated account Written by Himself, Together of the Rangers and the handling of with His Letters and Statements the border patrol, with an explo- by His Friends: A Vindication ration into the authenticity of Jen- By Tom Horn nings’s original version. “Several others have written biographies of Horn, $14.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2903-7 · 158 pages but his own story remains one of the classics of the frontier era and still makes good reading.”— Regeneration Dallas Morning News Through Violence $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-1044-8 · 288 pages The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600–1860 The Life of John By Richard Slotkin Wesley Hardin In Regeneration Through Violence, the As Written By Himself first of his trilogy on the mythology of the American By John Wesley Hardin West, Richard Slotkin shows how attitudes and tra- In an era and an area notable for ditions shape the culture of the American West. badmen and gunslingers, John Wes- $29.95 Paper(S) · 978-0-8061-3229-7 · 680 pages ley Hardin was perhaps the most notorious. Left for publication after his death in 1895, this auto- Pat F. Garrett’s The biography, though biased, is remarkably accurate Authentic Life of Billy the Kid and readable. An Annotated Edition $12.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-1051-6 · 175 pages By Pat F. Garrett Notes and commentary by John Wesley Hardin Frederick Nolan Dark Angel of Texas Frederick Nolan, an authority on the By Leon C. Metz American Southwest, examines the legends intro- Leon Metz describes how Hardin’s duced by The Authentic Life and shows how Garrett’s bloody career began in post-Civil book is responsible for misconceptions about the War central Texas, when lawlessness Kid’s early life and his short, violent career. and killings were commonplace, and traces his life $24.95 Paper(S) · 978-0-8061- 3869-5 · 288 pages of violence until his capture and imprisonment in 1878. $24.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2995-2 · 352 pages featured backlist 1 8 0 0 6 2 7 7 3 7 7

The Fatal Environment Three Years with Quantrill The Myth of the Frontier in the Age A True Story of Industrialization, 1800-1890 By John McCorkle By Richard Slotkin This famous memoir by John In The Fatal Environment, Richard Slot- McCorkle, reissued for the first time, kin demonstrates how the myth of is the best published account by a frontier expansion and subjugation of the Indians scout who “rode with Quantrill.” McCorkle told helped to justify the course of America’s rise to his remarkable Civil War experiences to O.S. Bar- wealth and power. ton, a lawyer, who wrote this book, first published $29.95 Paper(S) · 978-0-8061-3030-9 · 656 pages in 1914. $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3056-9 · 240 pages In Search of Butch Cassidy By Larry Pointer William Clarke Quantrill “Pointer has done some fascinating His Life and Times historical detective work. One of his By Albert Castel sources is a copy of a manuscript Castel traces Quantrill’s rise to power, Cassidy wrote about his outlaw days. from Kansas border ruffian and Con- Pointer reconstructs Cassidy’s life and criminal ex- federate Army captain to lawless lead- ploits. He lets Butch himself describe the Bolivian er of “the most formidable band of revolver fight- shootout in which the Sundance Kid was killed.”— ers the West ever knew.” Library Journal $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3081-1 · 272 pages $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2143-7 · 312 pages Lost Trails of the Cimarron, The West of Wild Bill Hickok Second Edition By Joseph G. Rosa By Harry E. Chrisman “An exceptional photographic essay Chrisman details the history of the on one of the most intriguing char- outlaws and ruffians of “No Man’s acters to emerge from the roistering Land”—southwestern Kansas, south- post-Civil War West.... Rosa has writ- eastern Colorado, and the neutral strip of Okla- ten a book that will be of great interest to scholars homa and the Texas Panhandle. and buffs alike.”—South Dakota History $21.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3017-0 · 320 pages $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2680-7 · 202 pages Dallas Stoudenmire West of Hell’s Fringe El Paso Marshal Crime, Criminals, and the Federal By Leon C. Metz Peace Officer in Oklahoma This is the story of Dallas Stouden- Territory, 1889-1907 mire—auburn-haired, fiery-eyed, six- By Glenn Shirley foot, two-inch gunfighter, container “This is a fine book, the best -avail of laughter, liquor, and death—during the two tu- able on crime, criminals, and the federal peace multuous years in the early 1880s when he served officer in Oklahoma Territory from 1889 to 1907. as almost the only law north of the Rio Grande It is well documented, written in an inviting style, and west of Fort Worth. and it should receive deserved attention from $14.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2487-2 · 174 pages those interested in the authentic story of law and Lawman order in the American West.” —Southwestern Histor- The Life and Times of Harry ical Quarterly Morse, 1835–1912 $27.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2264-9 · 512 pages By John Boessenecker No Duty to Retreat Drawing on Morse’s diaries, mem- Violence and Values in American oirs, and correspondence, Boess- History and Society enecker weaves the lawman’s colorful accounts By Richard Maxwell Brown into his narrative. Rare photographs of outlaws “Richard Maxwell Brown’s brief and lawmen and of the sites of Morse’s exploits study of violence and American val- further enliven the story. ues is quite simply a tour de force of provocative, $34.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3011-8 · 384 pages well-conceived, and smoothly written historiogra- phy....rich with novel insights, new conceptualiza- tions, and solid documentation.”—Richard W. Et- ulain, in Reviews in American History $14.95 Paper(S) · 978-0-8061-2618-0 · 278 pages oupress.com featured backlist

The Great American Outlaw Belle Starr and Her Times A Legacy of Fact and Fiction The Literature, the Facts, By Frank Richard Prassel and the Legends The Great American Outlaw is a thor- By Glenn Shirley ough and enjoyable examination of “Books, articles, poems, songs, and the real and romantic concept of movies have described her as a ‘ban- outlawry from Robin Hood, Butch Cassidy and dit queen’ or as a ‘female Jesse James’... Noted the Sundance Kid, and Belle Starr, to more recent western writer Glenn Shirley examines the popular personalities. literature surrounding Belle Starr and compares it $16.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2842-9 · 432 pages to the historical record...sorting out the numerous disagreements between the two.” –Choice Magazine Under Cover for Wells Fargo $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2276-2 · 324 pages The Unvarnished Recollections of Fred Dodge Wild Bill Hickok, Gunfighter By Fred Dodge An Account of Hickok’s Gunfights Edited by Carolyn Lake By Joseph G. Rosa These are the remarkable memoirs of Written by the world’s foremost au- Fred Dodge (1854–1938), Wells Fargo secret agent thority on Wild Bill Hickok, Joseph for fifty years, and friend of Wyatt Earp. Dodge G. Rosa here presents an account of sheds much light on the Earps in Tombstone and the legends and facts of this skilled gunfighter. Re- on how he teamed up with Heck Thomas to hunt counting Hickok’s many gunfights, Rosa describes down outlaws in Kansas and Oklahoma, including the types of guns used, and the techniques em- Bill Doolin’s gang and the Dalton brothers. ployed by Hickok that earned him the reputation $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3106-1 · 336 pages as one of the greatest gunfighters in the West. $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3535-9 · 216 pages Daltons! The Raid on Coffeyville, Kansas Burs Under the Saddle By Robert Barr Smith A Second Look at Books and Smith sorts out the truth from the Histories of the West legends and suggests answers to By Ramon F. Adams some of the perplexing questions “This immense book, by a noted bibli- about the Coffeyville fight—including whether or ographer of the West, is beyond ques- not there was a sixth man who got away. tion the fairest, most complete and most learned $16.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-2795-8 · 256 pages evaluation of printed references to western out- $14.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2994-5 · 256 pages laws to appear until now....It will stand for many years, solid as a rock amid the flooding maelstrom A Sketch of Sam of western myth and legend, pointing up the truth Bass, The Bandit about those men of the past who lived by their By Charles L. Martin wits and their guns. It will be impossible for any- Sam Bass is perhaps the most notori- one studying that era and such men to do so with- ous Texas outlaw of the 1870s. With- out reference to this volume.”—Los Angeles Times in four years he and his band robbed $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2170-3 · 624 pages trains, stages, and stores from the Dakota Terri- tory to the Mexican border until Texas Rangers Gold Camp Desperadoes shot him in an attempted bank robbery at Round Violence, Crime, and Punishment Rock, Texas, in 1878. on the Mining Frontier $14.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2915-0 · 192 pages By Ruth E. Mather and F.E. Boswell This compelling analysis of the rob- Badge and Buckshot beries and murders that plagued the Lawlessness in Old California mining frontier during the 1850s and 1860s fea- By John Boessenecker tures the careers of twenty-one hardened crim- Filled with action-packed tales of inals. The authors disclose the values as well as shoot-outs, stage holdups, man- the reckless, violent behavior of the dashing out- hunts, and lynchings, this book re- laws, whose careers often ended on a wilderness counts one of the forgotten sagas of the Old gallows. West, shattering old myths and demonstrating $19.95 Paper (S) · 978-0-8061-2521-3 · 228 pages the overall effectiveness of the criminal justice system in Old California. $19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-2510-7 · 334 pages University of Oklahoma Press Non-Profit Organization  Venture Drive U.S. Postage Norman, ok - PAID University of Oklahoma Forthcoming Titles

The Billy the Kid Reader By Frederick Nolan available november 2007 $29.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3849-7 Deadly Dozen, Volume 2 By Robert K. DeArment available october 2007 $29.95 Cloth(S) · 978-0-8061-3863-3 Verne Sankey America’s First Public Enemy By Timothy W. Bjorkman available october 2007 $24.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3853-4

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