Fifty Years On The Trail: The True Story of John Y. Nelson, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide
By: John Nelson
4.34
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
Frontiersman, military scout, interpreter, guide, police chief, and saloon owner; John Young Nelson…
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1. Six Years With the Texas Rangers: 1875-1881
By: James B. Gillett
4.14
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
Texas in the nineteenth century was a dangerous place. The Texas Rangers were there to keep people … read more
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2. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians
By: James P. Beckwourth
4.16
Format: 347 pages,
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3. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison
By: James E. Seaver
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Mary Jemison was one of the most famous white captives who, after being captured by Indians, chose … read more
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4. Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot: Hugh Monroe's Story of His First Year on the Plains (1919)
By: James Willard Schultz
4.23
Format: 343 pages,
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more
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5. Three Years in the Klondike (1904)
By: Jeremiah Lynch
3.00
Format: 282 pages,
Jeremiah Lynch was a businessman (and former San Francisco politician) who went to the Klondike in … read more
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6. The Diary of a Forty-Niner
By: Chauncey L. Canfield
4.00
Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition
1849, California. The Gold Rush had begun. 300,000 gold-seekers left their homes, grabbed what they… read more
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7. White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley
By: Arville Wheeler
4.32
Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition
THE TRUE STORY OF JENNIE WILEY—WHITE SQUAWThomas and Jennie Wiley lived on Walker’s Creek in Bland … read more
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8. Orphan Cowboy: A Classic Western Adventure
By: Robert Vaughan
4.51
Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition
In the heart of Texas, an unexpected legacy shapes one man’s destiny.Lee Edward Holt, raised in the… read more
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9. Early Times in Texas; or, The Adventures of Jack Dobell
By: John Crittenden Duval
4.00
Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1835 the Republic of Mexico rebelled against the Mexican Republic. Young men, like John C. Duva… read more
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10. Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians
By: Herman Lehmann
4.17
Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition
"Lehmann's memoir is quite fantastic-sounding at times, but is regarded as one of the best of that … read more
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11. The Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace: The Texas Ranger and Hunter
By: John Crittenden Duval
3.85
Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition
At six foot two inches and two hundred and forty pounds, Big-Foot Wallace cut a formidable figure a… read more
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12. Fifty Years On The Trail: The True Story of John Y. Nelson, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide
By: John Nelson
4.34
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
Frontiersman, military scout, interpreter, guide, police chief, and saloon owner; John Young Nelson… read more
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13. My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting
By: William Thomas Hamilton
4.17
Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition
Of course I knew how to scalp, and soon accomplished the feat, much to his satisfaction, for he sai… read more
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14. Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
By: Fanny Kelly
3.87
Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition
“I was a member of a small company of emigrants, who were attacked by an overwhelming force of host… read more
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"Experience is a great teacher, and we were then in her school, and learned that while hope offers the faintest token of refuge, we pause upon the fearful brink of eternity, and look back for rescue."-Fanny Kelly, Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
"Mother! what a world of affection is comprised in that single word; how little do we in the giddy round of youthful pleasure and folly heed her wise counsels. How lightly do we look upon that zealous…"-Fanny Kelly, Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
15. My Life as an Indian: The Story of a Red Woman and a White Man in the Lodges of the Blackfeet (1907)
By: James Willard Schultz
4.43
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
"A unique picture of Indian life on the plains when there was still warfare between the tribes." -A… read more
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16. Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard
By: Zenas Leonard
3.95
Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition
In the spring of 1830, Leonard, a native of Clearfield, Pennsylvania embarked on an expedition acro… read more
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17. By Ox Team to California: Crossing the Plains in 1860
By: Lavinia Honeyman Porter
4.21
Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition
“We then determined to use the small remnant of our fortune to provide a suitable outfit for a leng… read more
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18. The Life of John Wesley Hardin
By: John Wesley Hardin
3.79
Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition
Born to a Methodist preacher in 1853, near Bonham, Texas, Wes Hardin killed his first man, a former… read more
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19. Journal Of A Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843
By: Osborne Russell
3.83
Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1834, Osborne Russell joined an expedition from Boston, under the direction of Nathaniel J. Wyet… read more
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20. Life of Tom Horn: Government Scout and Interpreter
By: Tom Horn
4.20
Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition
1903. Tom Horn awaits execution for the murder of fourteen-year-old boy. He writes this memoir. Tom… read more
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21. Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865
By: Sarah Raymond Herndon
3.84
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
“Why are we here? Why have we left home, friends, relatives, associates, and loved ones, who have m… read more
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22. Kills Many Quickly: A Mountain Man Adventure (The Return of Travis Walker Book 1)
By: Dave P. Fisher
4.36
Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition
The first adventure in an exciting new three book trilogy from Dave P. Fisher!No man knew the trail… read more
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23. The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky
By: James Ohio Pattie
4.14
Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition
James O. Pattie’s Personal Narrative is a prime source for the history of the Southwest during the … read more
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24. The Border Outlaws: An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Most Noted Bandits of Ancient Or Modern Times: The Younger Brothers, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Comrades In Crime
By: James William Buel
3.95
Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition
Jesse James, Frank James and the Younger brothers were some of the most notorious outlaws of ninete… read more
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25. The Gold Hunters: A First-Hand Picture of Life in California Mining Camps in the Early Fifties
By: John David Borthwick
3.97
Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition
“I do not know of another story by an actual miner that is so well written and so true to that wond… read more
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26. Forty Years a Fur Trader On the Upper Missouri: The Personal Narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833-1872
By: Charles Larpenteur
3.98
Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition
"The life-record kept by Charles Larpenteur is one of our most important sources of information con… read more
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27. First Girl in the West
By: Eliza Spalding Warren
3.92
Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition
Eliza Spalding Warren was the very first pioneer girl to grow up in the mountain west. Her story is… read more
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28. Bridger Trail: A Classic Western Series (McCain Chronicles Book 8)
By: B.N. Rundell
4.60
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
In the riveting conclusion to bestselling author B.N. Rundell’s fan-favorite western series, Elijah… read more
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29. Voyage To Crusoe
By: Leif Beiley
4.42
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
VOYAGE TO CRUSOE, is the spellbinding story of Cliff Demont, whose comfortable, suburban middle-cla… read more
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30. Seven Years with the Indians (Expanded, Annotated)
By: Owen P. Dabney
3.83
Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition
When the Ainsleys joined the westward expansion of the U.S. in 1862, they could never have imagined… read more
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31. Surviving Alone
By: Clay Hayes
4.65
Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition
Alone in the wilds of British Columbia, cut off from family and friends, uncertain of how long he m… read more
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