Adventure - Nonfiction

 

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1. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the wickedest town in the American West

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Author:
Clavin, Tom, 1954-
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
978.1 CLAVI
Holly Springs Community - Adult Non-Fiction
978.1 CLAVI
Middlecreek Community - Adult Non-Fiction
978.1 CLAVI
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"Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through ... Before long, Dodge City's streets were lined with saloons and brothels and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes ... By the 1870s, Dodge City was known as the most violent and turbulent town in the West. Enter...

2. The summer of 1876: outlaws, lawmen, and legends in the season that defined the American West

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Wimmer, Chris
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Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
978.02 WIMME
East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
978.02 WIMME
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
978.02 WIMME
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"From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narratives of the biggest legends in frontier mythology. The summer of 1876 was a key time period in the development of the mythology of the Old West. Many individuals who are considered legends by modern readers were involved in events that began their notoriety or turned out to be the most famous - or infamous - moments of their lives. Those individuals...