17 must-read history books like Life of Tom Horn: Government Scout and Interpreter by Tom Horn

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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…

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1. Nowhere To Run (Joe Pickett, #10)

By: C.J. Box

4.29

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Joe Pickett's in his last week as the temporary game warden in the town of Baggs, Wyoming, but ther… read more

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  • westerns
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2. Stone Cold (Joe Pickett, #14)

By: C.J. Box

4.28

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The electrifying new Joe Pickett novel from the New York Times bestselling author. Everything abou… read more

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  • westerns
Cover of Hardtack and Coffee or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life by John Davis Billings, William L. Shea

3. Hardtack and Coffee or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life

By: John Davis Billings , William L. Shea

4.04

Format: 413 pages, Paperback

Most histories of the Civil War focus on battles and top brass. Hardtack and Coffee is one of the f… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of 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. 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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  • westerns
  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. Doc

By: Mary Doria Russell

3.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hop… read more

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  • westerns
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6. Unnatural Causes

By: Gregg Olsen , Kevin Sullivan , Kevin M. Sullivan

3.79

Format: None pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

7. Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, 1810-1813

By: None

3.43

Format: 64 pages,

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8. 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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9. 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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10. Endangered (Joe Pickett, #15)

By: C.J. Box

3.81

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

New York Times-bestselling writer C. J. Box returns with a thrilling new novel, featuring Wyoming g… read more

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11. Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

By: C.J. Box

3.62

Format: 171 pages,

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12. Cold Wind (Joe Pickett, #11)

By: C.J. Box

4.33

Format: 201 pages,

The extraordinary new Joe Pickett novel from the Edgar Award-winning author. When Earl Alden is fou… read more

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13. The Saga of Pappy Gunn

By: George C. Kenney

4.35

Format: None pages,

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14. 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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  • westerns
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fifty Years On The Trail: The True Story of John Y. Nelson, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide by John Nelson

15. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas  Hamilton

16. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • westerns
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of 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

17. 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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  • westerns
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard by Zenas Leonard

18. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of By Ox Team to California: Crossing the Plains in 1860 by Lavinia Honeyman Porter

19. 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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  • westerns
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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20. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • westerns
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Journal Of A Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell

21. 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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  • westerns
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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22. Left by the Indians

By: Ethan E. Harris

3.75

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a first-hand account one of the worst wagon train massacres in the Old West. After 45 days … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"They were mounted on horses and were to go ahead and clear the way for us to follow with our wagons. But instead of doing so, the discharged soldiers put spurs to the horses, which belonged to Mr. Va…"

-Ethan E. Harris, Left by the Indians

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23. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • westerns
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky by James Ohio Pattie

24. 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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  • history
Cover of Four Years in the Rockies -- the Adventures of Isaac P. Rose--Hunter and Trapper in that Remote Region (1884) by James B. Marsh

25. Four Years in the Rockies -- the Adventures of Isaac P. Rose--Hunter and Trapper in that Remote Region (1884)

By: James B. Marsh

3.82

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

"The hunters and trappers of the far west were a brave, hardy and adventurous set of men, and they … read more

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  • westerns
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship by Johnny Joey Jones

26. Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship

By: Johnny Joey Jones

4.52

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Life only really starts when we start serving others. For many people, military service isn’t simpl… read more

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  • autobiography
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of 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

27. 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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  • westerns
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Gold Hunters: A First-Hand Picture of Life in California Mining Camps in the Early Fifties by John David Borthwick

28. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Big Lake Snowdaze (Big Lake, #13) by Nick Russell

29. Big Lake Snowdaze (Big Lake, #13)

By: Nick Russell

4.46

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Big Lake's first annual Snowdaze celebration to kick off the winter season was off to a good start.… read more

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Cover of Granite City: The Life of a Bandit by Norman Spells

30. Granite City: The Life of a Bandit

By: Norman Spells

3.88

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Told with raw emotion, this is the true story of one man’s journey through the formative years of t… read more

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Cover of Seven Years with the Indians (Expanded, Annotated) by Owen P. Dabney

31. 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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17 Top nonfiction books like Life of Tom Horn: Government Scout and Interpreter by Tom Horn

Transform Your Habits

Hardtack and Coffee or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life

John Davis Billings , William L. Shea

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians

James P. Beckwourth

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Unnatural Causes

Gregg Olsen , Kevin Sullivan , Kevin M. Sullivan

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians

Herman Lehmann

4.17

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21 must-read history books like My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton

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Six Years With the Texas Rangers: 1875-1881

James B. Gillett

4.14

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The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians

James P. Beckwourth

4.16

Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot: Hugh Monroe's Story of His First Year on the Plains (1919)

James Willard Schultz

4.23

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American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

Steven Rinella

3.50

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