Book description
"All of history is mystery," Dale L. Walker says, and he proves his point in this lively, humorous--and rational--approach to the West's greatest puzzles. Did Davy Crockett, for example, go down swinging Ol' Betsy, defending the ramparts of the Alamo--or was he captured? Who is buried in Jesse James's grave?…
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1 author picked Legends and Lies as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Where I live in the West out in cowboy country, sometimes it feels like I’m not so far removed from the days of the Old West.
Dale Walker's book takes me back to those historical events and characters from the Old West, revealing details I'd never learned before and giving some new perspectives on some of the characters. From the battle of the Little Bighorn with Custer to the Mountain Meadows Massacre, from Davy Crockett and the battle at the Alamo to the legend of the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine in Arizona, from outlaws Billy the Kid to Frank Dalton…
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