"All of history is mystery," Dale L. Walker says, and he proves his point in this lively, humorous--and rational--approach to the West's greatest puzzles. Did Davy Crockett, for example, go down swinging Ol' Betsy, defending the ramparts of the Alamo--or was he captured? Who is buried in Jesse James's grave? Was the man Pat Garrett shot that night really Billy the Kid? How did Black Bart, "the gentleman bandit," disappear? Did Sacajawea, the famous "Bird Woman" who scouted for Lewis and Clark, die twice? The possibilities unfold as Walker brings together little-known facts and the elusive connections that shed light on the biggest enigmas of the American West.

:: True Tales and Amazing Legends of the Old West: From True West Magazine
:: The Shooters
:: A Century of Great Western Stories-An Anthology of Western Fiction
:: The West: An Illustrated History
:: The Greatest Cowboy Stories Ever Told: Enduring Tales of the Western Frontier

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