west (united states)

A biography of James Butler Hickok, better known as Wild Bill, discussing his early life in Illinois, his military service, his Wild West show, the birth of legends about Hickok, and his legacy.

Mark Twain's account of his transformation into a Westerner when he joins his brother, a newly appointed federal official in Nevada.

A novel describing the people who went west and some of the dangers they encountered on the way. Focuses upon the members of one family.

Al Murphy and Midge's plans to homestead go awry when an incident occurs that escalates into a bloody feud.

Spotlights significant people and events in the history of the American West.

Outlaw Haywood Beatty promises to take care of his brother's wife, Lily, while Marion is in prison and ends up falling in love with her.

Eighteen-year-old Polly and seventeen-year-old Odd set out on a road trip through the West after their future plans are waylaid by wounds received during a deadly outbreak of flesh-eating bacteria.

A republication of a 1938 story in which Lee Weston, wounded in a gunfight with Harvey Dodge, the man he believes responsible for his father's murder, flees to the mountains outside Pecos, New Mexico, where he is found and secretly nursed back to health by Dodge's daughter Ellen, only to earn her scorn when he insists on continuing his plan of revenge.

A collection of short stories by Thomas McGuane that explore the power of destiny in the lives of ordinary people.

A memoir in which the author describes the mid-life catharsis he experienced when he purchased a Harley-Davidson at the age of fifty-seven and embarked upon a long ride from his home in New Mexico to Alaska.