The Wild West: Criminals & Conflicts

Manhunt: The Pursuit of Harry Tracy by Bill Gulick When Harry Tracy and his fellow convict David Merrill shot their way out of the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, in 1902, they initiated an unprecedented manhunt.

228 Pages, Softcover, newspaper photos, maps ISBN# 978-0-87004-392-5

$18.95

Necktie Parties: Legal Executions in Oregon 18511905 by Diane L. Goeres-Gardner The story of the men who climbed the gallows steps and faced the hangman’s noose during the early years of settlement in Oregon.

316 Pages, Softcover, illustrations, index ISBN# 978-0-87004-446-5

E-book ISBN# 978-0-87004-564-6

$16.95

Outlaws of the Pacific Northwest by Bill Gulick Here are fourteen stories of gunmen, madams, swindlers, robbers, and roughs. Veteran writer Bill Gulick sticks to the facts but tells us the stories in swift, conversational prose.

200 Pages, Softcover, photos, map, index

ISBN# 978-0-87004-396-3

$18.95

Bad Men and Bad Towns by Wayne C. Lee Lee chronicles the violent history of the Nebraska Territory from 1823 to 1925:,feuds between families and landowners. Con artists and bandits contributing to the disorder.

180 Pages, Softcover, illustrated, index

ISBN# 978-0-87004-349-9

$14.95

Wild Towns of Nebraska by Wayne C. Lee Nebraska’s early towns were wild and woolly. Lee describes the lawmen, desperadoes, vigilantes, and killers, telling the stories of the men and women who lived with the violence running rampant around them.

147 Pages, Softcover, 100 photos and illustrations

ISBN# 978-0-87004-325-3

$17.95

Deadly Days in Kansas by Wayne C. Lee Hickock, Allison, the Earp brothers, and Tom Smith. Neb, “the Devil’s own,” and Jes-so, the dwarf, kept life interesting in Sheridan, a town that vanished when the railroad ran out of money.

127 Pages, Softcover, 100 photos, index

ISBN# 978-0-87004-379-6

$24.95

A Dirty, Wicked Town: Tales of 19th Century Omaha by David L. Bristow Omaha, Nebraska, is a laid-back city in America’s heartland. In the nineteenth century, however, it had a very different reputation.

300 Pages, Softcover, photos, footnotes, index

E-book ISBN# 978-0-87004-532-5

ISBN# 978-0-87004-398-7

$16.95

Murder, Morality and Madness: Women Criminals in Early Oregon by Diane L. Goeres-Gardner The Victorians who settled the Oregon Territory were adept at keeping immoral or bad behavior a secret. Goeres-Gardner uncovers the secret past of abuse, neglect, and double standards for women criminals.

E-book ISBN# 978-0-87004-557-8

Western Women

On Sidesaddles to Heaven: The Women of the Rocky Mountain Mission by Laurie Winn Carlson Presents the lives of the first six white women, missionary wives, to cross the Rockies, offering a startling view of these pioneers.

Hobbled Stirrups by Jane Burnett Smith An account of one of the few women to ride saddle broncos professionally. Part of a Montana pioneer ranching family, Smith tells of a journey that took her to Hollywood.

From the Backlist...

The Cabin on Sawmill Creek: A Western Walden by Mary Jo Churchwell

Softcover ISBN# 978-0-87004-380-2 $12.95

River Tales of Idaho by Darcy Williamson

Softcover ISBN# 978-0-87004-378-9 $17.95

E-book ISBN# 978-0-87004-531-8

Hatchet, Hands and Hoe: Planting the Pioneer Spirit by Erica Calkins

Softcover ISBN# 978-0-87004-372-7 $15.95