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Wild West Books & Posters

	Wild Horse Rider by Rick Steber Code:SB_WHRider Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Lew Minor was a bronc-buster who chased wild horses across the vast reaches of Nevada, a buckaroo who rode rough-string and broke cavalry remounts, and a cowboy star who won rodeos throughout the West and Canada. He toured the nation with the famous Kit Carson Wild West Show as the featured attraction and won the world champion bronc rider belt buckle at the 1912 Pendleton Round-Up. Years were spent chasing an elusive dream - finding the best bucking horse over the next ridge - until a rodeo accident forced Lew's retirement. He settled down near his birthplace and passed the years hunting, fishing and running a few head of cattle. At age 93 Lew was inducted into the Round-Up Hall of Fame and for a fleeting moment he once again basked in the warm accolades, and then they faded and he was home again with only memories to sustain him. He was a throwback - a bronc buster trapped in the space age - forgotten and friendless except for the companionship of one man who refused to allow the legend o of Lew Minor ro die. SOFTBOUND
	Vol.14 Gunfighters by Rick Steber Code:Vol14Gunfighters Price: $14.95 Quantity in Basket: none
The names of the gunfighters are legendary: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Henry Plummer, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok.... These men, and others like them, epitomize the image of the Wild West. The gunfighting era was born in the late 1830s when Samuel Colt patented his single-barreled pistol with a revolving bullet chamber. But the gunfighter was not common on the frontier until after the Civil War when renegade bands of Confederate soldiers refused to surrender. Their lawless ways spread as they stole from the hated Union bankers and the monopolistic railroads, rustled from wealthy ranchers and killed anyone who dared stand in their way. Railhead towns, where the great Texas cattle drives ended, generated more than their fair share of gunfights. In these towns the distinction between the law and the outlaw was a fine line and many times the men who wore badges worked both sides of the fence. It generally fell to the individual to uphold the law and nearly every western man strapped a six-shooter to his hip. If a man's cattle or horses were stolen, if his home was ransacked or his family attacked, it was up to that man to track down the guilty party and administer swift justice. Around the turn of the 20th century the free-roaming gunfighters found the wild country could no longer hide them as technology, in the form of telegraphs and telephones, cut off escape routes. Even though the era of the gunfighter had drawn to a close, writers and movie makers, using the colorful backdrop of the Old West, turned the frontier gunfighters into larger-than-life folk heros, folk heros who will never die.
	Roundup by Rick Steber Code:Roundup Price: $29.95 Quantity in Basket: none
For a few weeks every fall, at ranches scattered throughout the great American West, cowboys come together to ride the open range. This gathering of man and beast is called Roundup. In addition to the work, Roundup is a time of reunion with old friends and making the acquaintance of new ones. Following in this rich tradition, the book ROUNDUP brings together a company of rugged Western individuals, men and women who have devoted their lives to working with horses. Freighters, stage drivers, homesteaders, farmers, ranchers, buckaroos, rodeo riders, horse loggers and wanderers - they all share a common love for horses. 'After the accident I was blind as a bat so I began using my hands to see a horse. Tell a lot just by feel. Tell if he has wire cuts, a capped hock, pigeon-mouth, fistulous withers.... I'm good enough I can actually tell the color of a horse and be right 95 times out of 100. Colors have a different texture, feel, hairs are distinctive. The only one that gives me fits is a paint. Depends on where you touch a paint what color it happens to be. Give me a couple minutes and I can tell more about a particular horse than most folks would probably care to know. It wasn't a gift I was born with. It took me a while to develop it. But I enjoy eating - so I learned. I would have to say, over the long haul, that my blindness hasn't affected me all that much. Got no complaints. In this here life I've pretty much done exactly what I wanted to do.'
	Last of the Pioneers by Rick Steber Code:SBLastofthePioneers Price: $15.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Few know that pioneers were still traveling the Oregon Trail in covered wagons as late as the 1920s. This little-known era of history is told in the words of the pioneers themselves. The route that become the Oregon Trail was developed by wandering mountain men following game trails and Native American trade routes. Historians recognize 1843 as the official beginning of the Oregon Trail when a group of 1,000 men, women and children, 120 wagons and 5,000 head of cattle left Missouri for Oregon's Willamette Valley. After gold was discovered in California in 1848 over 250,000 people traveled overland to the diggings while another 50,000 went to claim free farmland in Oregon. In 1869 the transcontinental railroad was completed to California and in 1883 rail service reached the Pacific Northwest. At last emigrants could move west easily and quickly. But covered wagon pioneers continued to travel over the Oregon Trail for a variety of reasons: lack of money, a love to watch their work animals, a chance to go places where the steel rail did not reach, and, often, a sense of wanderlust. The later-day pioneers no longer traveled in large wagons trains but in single wagons or small groups of family or friends. They were able to travel lighter because provisions and feed could be purchased at scattered ranches or in towns that had sprung up along the way. If they ran low on money they could stop and work for a few weeks. Historians tell us the Oregon trail existed between 1843 and 1869, but wagon pioneers continued to travel over the Oregon Trail until affordable automobiles and a national highway system made the wagon obsolete in the 1920s. The LAST OF THE PIONEERS tells their story. 'We came west on the Oregon Trail in 1912, never saw many automobiles on the way, but saw a few. One time a man driving a Model T Ford came up behind, couldn't see for the dust, I guess, and ran into the back of our wagon. The impact broke one of the bows and tore a hole in the canvas cover. The man was very apologetic, gave Father a dollar, said, 'This should pay for the damage,' and went his merry way. We were tickled to death to have the dollar....' 'When we finally landed out west the wagon was parked on the street and a 'For Sale' sign tied to one of the bows. We hoped to sell the outfit at a fiar price but times were changing and horses and a wagon were not in demand. We let them go for next to nothing....' SOFTBOUND
	Illustrated Life & Times of Wyatt Earp 4th Ed. Code:IWE4thed Price: $28.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Author: Bob Boze Bell Published by: TriStar-Boze Cover Type: Paperback Page Count: 144 pages Reader Comments: The mystique surrounding Wyatt Earp,Doc Holiday, John Ringo, and the other "heros" of the town of Tombstone, Az.is as captivating now as ever before. The previous books about Wyatt ("Wyatt Earp,Frontier Marshall", "Tombstone", "I Married Wyatt Earp" etc.) were usually based on conjecture and subjectivity. The truth is that even though Wyatt Earp is an American idol of epic porportions, known to almost everybody, only small amounts of his life are varified by historical fact. This includes "The Gunfight At The OK Corral". With this book Mr. Bell not only gives you a sense of the times with many extraordinary photos and paintings but also tells us what is known for sure and what may or may not be the truth. He also discusses the movies (and there are a lot) about not only the gunfight and the people involved but also those on which Wyatt may have been a consultant. I have never read anything that left me with such a through understanding of the gunfight and the aftermath.Also, I have not until now ever really understood why Wyatt was famous in the first place. This is a great book to read first before you watch any of the movies or read any the other books. This along with "The Illustrated Life and Times of Doc Holliday" also by Bob Boze Bell form a solid and totally entertaining foundation from which to evaluate, understand, and enjoy the many, many versions available of the "Earp Legend".
	Illustrated Life & Times of Doc Holliday Code:IDH Price: $28.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Author: Bob Boze Bell Published by: TriStar-Boze Cover Type: Paperback Page Count: 144 pages Description: Profusely illustrated
	Illustrated Life & Times of Billy the Kid 2nd Ed. Code:BTK Price: $29.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Author: Bob Boze Bell Published by: TriStar-Boze Cover Type: Paperback, Second Edition Page Count: 192 pages Description: A treasure trove of original art concerning Billy the Kid.
	Heartwood by Rick Steber Code:Heartwood Price: $24.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Like the growth of a tree, the history of the American West has occurred in cycles, eras, rings of expansion and evolution. One generation pushed westward for furs, the next for gold, followed by land-hungry pioneers, timber-hungry loggers .... They built layer upon layer. The heartwood of a tree is a darker color than the sapwood because it has tasted the soil longer. As each ring of life is added the inner rings compress, giving the tree backbone of supple strength which allows it to bend in the wind and bow to heavy snow without breaking. To plot our future course, the emerging West must never lose sight of the past, and of the people who are our heartwood. The book HEARTWOOD offers a fresh, honest look at the old-fashioned Westerner, the type of person who takes pride in home, family and all that it means to forge a life from the bounty of the land. HEARTWOOD is an elegant and engaging blend of words, photographs and original art that is sure to strike a responsive chord in all of us who live in the rural West and those who wish they did. The true stories of the men and women featured in HEARTWOOD sre a slice of Americana that can be found nowhere else. This book is a treasure you will want to pass on to your children and grandchildren. 'We had a hot-blooded English stallion name of Desmond Day. Bred him to mustang mares and sold the cross for cavalry remounts. 'On the first day of May 1925, Desmond Day was in the corral. He come past me and that was it. Always figured he kicked off to the side, hit me, I never saw it coming.... 'They sent me to blind school - to learn me to weave baskets. Said that way I could make a livin' since I couldn't buckaroo no more.... 'I don't really give a damn about bein' blind all these years. Bothers the neighbors more than it bothers me. One time I was painting the house but every time the neighbors came by and saw me they would make me come down off the ladder. But I showed them. Finished painting at night, didn't make any difference to me....'
	Gunfights of the Old West on CD Code:chroniclegunfightscd Price: $12.99 Quantity in Basket: none
This CD contains sixteen Old West gunfights and shootouts told as history said they happened. They're not necessarily the sixteen most popular ones, but each was selected because, unlike the shootouts in the Western movies and television shows, they illustrated how Old West gunfights really took place.
	Classic Gunfights Vol. 1 by Bob Boze Bell Code:CG-1 Price: $39.95 Quantity in Basket: none
A must-have for Old West and Historic Gunfight collectors and enthusiasts. The book is signed by the author, Bob Boze Bell and a perfect addition to your library. Check out Bob's other books! Author:Bob Boze Bell Published by:TriStar-Boze Cover Type:Hardcover Page Count:128 pages Description:Bob Boze Bell's latest work. This book features 24 gunfights with 150 rare photos; 46 informative maps; and over 123 authentic illustrations & thrilling narratives.
	Buy the Chief a Cadillac by Rick Steber Code:SB_BuyChiefCadillac Price: $20.00 Quantity in Basket: none
In 1961 the federal government terminated the Klamath Indians of southern Oregon. The Klamaths gave up their land and tribal status and, in return, each member received a cash settlement of $43,000. For those inclined to be wild and reckless, the party was on. Stories made the rounds of Indians buying one, two, three new cars, sometimes an extra for a friend. Others walked into local bars with paper sacks stuffed with cash. Today, most Klamath Indians view termination as the worst disaster that ever befell them. They say the federal government tricked them into selling. They want their former reservation lands returned to them. Buy The Chief A Cadillac is a novel set during the chaotic and turbulent time of termination. This fictional story, by well-known eastern Oregon author Rick Steber, is written without pulling any punches. 6" x 9" SOFTBOUND
	Buckaroo Heart by Rick Steber Code:SB_BuckarooHeart Price: $15.00 Quantity in Basket: none
A COWBOY AND THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE Herman Vowell grew up on an Oregon homestead dreaming of being a cowboy. He was barely 21 when he became buckaroo boss of the Pitchfork Ranch, one of the biggest spreads in the West. He felt his life was complete and then he met Betty Torrens, a city girl from California. They fell in love and married during the darkest days of World War II. They settled on a sprawling ranch in the heart of the Devils Garden and worked together calving a thousand head of cows, putting up meadow hay with horse-drawn equipment, chasing wild mustangs. When tragedy, and the outside world, encroached on their remote ranch, they stood side by side and fought to retain their vanishing way of life. Rick Steber, one of the Wests most popular authors, tells Herman and Betty's story with words that will capture your heart with their tenderness. BUCKAROO HEART is a true western classic, a story of love so powerful and pure and strong, it is everlasting. SOFTBOUND 240 pages
	Bad Men: Outlaws and Gunfighters of the Wild West Code:BM Price: $18.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Author: Bob Boze Bell Published by: TriStar-Boze Cover Type: Paperback Page Count: 128 pages Description: The most comprehensive illustrated chronicle of the Wild West ever. Criminal or cowboy? Hero or barbarian � once again best-selling author, Bob Boze Bell, uses his no-nonsense, straight-ahead visual style to capture the complex world of the Wild West�s bad men! He traces their beginnings in the 1830s, all the way through the myths, the movies, and into the present day.
	"The Best of Tumbleweeds" by TK Ryan Code:tumbleweeds_book Price: $12.99 Quantity in Basket: none
A laconic little cowpoke, who'd rather be someplace other than Grimy Gulch but, not noted for his ambition, and having nowhere better to go, calls the place home. He's sort of an average guy, surrounded by a bunch of characters culled from Central Casting's Oaters div. and various Used-hombre Lots, that make up the town's citizenry and nearby Poohawk tribe. Tumbleweed's horse 'Epic', which he acquired from a surplus cavalry store, is an independent, illtempered, tobacco-chewing (occassionally does cigars) wreck, that was drummed out of the Army for spitting on the Top sarge. Though easy-going, the Weed does sometimes flare up in disgust and indignation, but soon calms down. He's usually content to tumble along where the winds of human foibles blow him.