Shannon Garst

A biography of the frontiersman who was a teamster, Civil War soldier, Indian fighter, scout, and marshall of several rough frontier towns.

A biography of the cowboy, philosopher, stage and movie star, and humorist

A biography of the Oglala Sioux Indian first called Has-ka, the light-skinned one, who won the name Crazy Horse and grew up to lead his people in unified and relentless warfare against the whites.

A biography of the aviatrix who, as an adolescent, chose to be an individualist; as a flier, was both the first woman to fly the Atlantic alone and the first to cross the United States alone; and, as a practical scientist, was interested in the effects of flight on the human mind and body.

Accounts of three Spanish explorations of America: Cortez' invasion and destruction of the Aztec civilization of Mexico; Coronado's search for the Seven Cities of Gold in the Southwest; and Pizarro's conquest and occupation of Peru.

A biography of the author of Call of the Wild and Martin Eden, describing his restless and insecure childhood, his adventures as a youthful oyster pirate and tramp, and the travels which contributed to the evolutionary philosophy which guided his writing.

Fighting the government's efforts to force the Nez Percé Indians onto a reservation, Chief Joseph led his people on a one-thousand-mile retreat from the military troops whom he could outwit but not overpower. Only forty miles from his goal--Canada--he was forced to surrender.

A biography of an Irish immigrant who left a clerking job in New York City to join a Missouri River expedition and, as a trapper and trailblazer discovered the South Pass through the Rockies, befriended the Arapahoes, and helped settle the West.

The life of the Texas pioneer who fought for Texas against the Mexicans as a Texas Ranger, in the Army, and as leader of a company of volunteers protecting the frontier.

A biography of the painter and sculptor who spent his boyhood yearning to go west, fulfilled his own dream of illustrating the life of the cowboy, and finally won recognition for his realistic portrayal of the Old West.

A biography of a famous Indian fighter and reputed inventor of the defensive Bowie knife, from his childhood on the Louisiana bayou to his death defending the Alamo.