All of the bad men in this book did terrible damage to other people. Some were sneaking, low-life cowards. Most of them had nerve to spare. And what did they get out of this behavior? Constant fear, never-ending suspicion, prison, and in many cases death by a bullet or at the end of a hangman's rope. None of them died rich no matter how much property they stole. None of them were heroes, although romantic legends sprung up about some of them. Such was the case with Cockeyed Frank Loving. He would have been forgotten to western history if it had not been for Bat Masterson who did a series of...

The violent history and myths of western lawlessness burns through the pages of Hot Lead and Cold Steel. Both legendary and forgotten outlaws come alive with wild tempers and fast guns dealing out sudden death. They left trails of blood and carnage throughout the old west, from the boom towns to cattle towns where stagecoach and railroad routes made their lawless work prime pickings. You can actually imagine the smell of gun smoke and feel the painful vibration of dying as you read this book. The stories in it are fast-paced action taking place in the old west during the 1880's-1890's, and...

"Stormwalker, Cherokee Avenger," is a haunting tale of bloody vengeance, enduring love, and bitter hatred. Jason Stormwalker, a young half-breed Cherokee, is shot down in cold blood and left for dead. The love of his life, his wife, Ruth Stormwalker, pregnant, is brutally beaten and raped by unknown black-hearted, vicious assailants. She is left in a deep coma; no one knows if she'll recover. The four men responsible for Ruth's death and Stormwalker's resulting loss, hatred, grief, and misery make one haunting mistake. They leave him alive, not dead as they assumed, and when he recovers,...

If ghostly apparitions, frightening superstitions, strange phenomenon, mysterious unexplained happenings, dreams that wake you in the middle of the night in a cold sweat intrigue you, then this book is for you "Forgotten Ghosts and Legends of the Old West" has it all. If you are an adventurous soul who enjoys reading a good ghost tale, these exciting accounts should more than fill the bill and leave you wanting more of the same. Warning These stories are best read in the company of friends late at night who have a morbid sense of adventure when it comes to the unknown that concerns ghosts,...