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"How 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 Black Bart, the 'gentleman bandit' and one of the West's mos...

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Main Author: Fisher, David, 1946- (Author)
Other Authors: O'Reilly, Bill
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
West (U.S.) > Biography > Anecdotes.
West (U.S.) > History > Anecdotes.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.) > Anecdotes.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.
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Summary:"How 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 Black Bart, the 'gentleman bandit' and one of the West's most famous stagecoach robbers? Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid really die in a hail of bullets in South America? Generations of Americans have grown up on TV shows, movies, and books about these Western icons. But what really happened in the Wild West?"--
Item Description:"The companion volume to the Fox News series"--Jacket.
Color map on lining papers.
Physical Description:vii, 294 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292).
ISBN:9781627795074 (hbk.)
1627795073 (hbk.)