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      The Doctor Was a Woman

      Chris Enss

      "The long-awaited follow up title to Chris Enss's bestselling Doctor Wore Petticoats, profiles 10 new female physicians of the Old West, published in time for Women's History Month. Given the…

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      Buffalo Gals: Women Of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

      Chris Enss

      Buffalo Bill’s Wild West brought an enormously successful performance spectacle to audiences throughout the United States and Europe between 1883 and 1916. Many talented and daring women performed alongside men…

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      Bedside Book of Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the Midwest

      Chris Enss

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      Cowboy True’s Christmas Adventure

      Chris Enss

      A kind hearted ranch hand stops to help a family in need and discovers the meaning of Christmas just when he thinks hes missed the holiday all together.

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      How the West Was Worn: Bustles And Buckskins On The Wild Frontier

      Chris Enss

      Fashion that was in vogue in the East was highly desirable to pioneers during the frontier period of the American West It was also extraordinarily difficult to obtain often impractical…

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      The Pinks: The First Women Detectives, Operatives, and Spies with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency

      Chris Enss

      Most students of the Old West and American law enforcement history know the story of the notorious and ruthless Pinkerton Detective Agency and the legends behind their role in establishing…

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      Frontier Teachers: Stories of Heroic Women of the Old West

      Chris Enss

      Frontier Teachers tells the stories of a dozen courageous, intrepid women who faced down rooms full of children on the open prairies and in the mining towns of the Old…

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      Hearts West: True Stories Of Mail-Order Brides On The Frontier

      Chris Enss

      Hearts West includes more than a dozen stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits. Accompanying the text are actual advertisements placed by both women seeking husbands and men…

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      Iron Women: The Ladies Who Helped Build the Railroad

      Chris Enss

      Although the physical task of building the railroad had been achieved by men, women made significant and lasting contributions to the historic operation. Starting in 1838, women were hired as…

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      According to Kate: The Legendary Life of Big Nose Kate, Love of Doc Holliday

      Chris Enss

      Doc Holliday’s paramour Big Nose Kate could never get a publisher to give her the big bucks she demanded to tell the story of her life, but that didn’t mean…

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      More Tales Behind the Tombstones: More Deaths and Burials of the Old West’s Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, and Celebrated Lawmen

      Chris Enss

      More Tales Behind the Tombstones tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of even more of the Old West’s most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated…

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      Principles of Posse Management: Lessons from the Old West for Today’s Leaders

      Chris Enss

      Principles of Posse Management tells the stories of the lawmen and leaders of the Old West who organized citizens in the pursuit of law and order. This collection of tales…

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      The Lady and the Mountain Man: Isabella Bird, Rocky Mountain Jim, and their Unlikely Friendship

      Chris Enss

      Isabella Bird was a proper Victorian lady, a minster’s daughter, a writer who traveled the globe. She was expected to marry a man of means and position instead she was…

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      High Country Women: Pioneers of Yosemite National Park

      Chris Enss

      Profiles of famous women in the history of Yosemite National Park.

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      Frontier Teachers: Stories Of Heroic Women Of The Old West

      Chris Enss

      Frontier Teachers tells the stories of a dozen courageous, intrepid women who faced down rooms full of children on the open prairies and in the mining towns of the Old…

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      Outlaw Tales of California: True Stories Of The Golden State’s Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, And Cutthroats

      Chris Enss

      Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of California, with compelling legends of the Golden State’s most despicable desperadoes. Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, duck…

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      Tales Behind the Tombstones: The Deaths And Burials Of The Old West’s Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, And Celebrated Lawmen

      Chris Enss

      Tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of some of the Old West’s most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated lawmen. This work helps readers discover…

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      Along Came a Cowgirl: Daring and Iconic Women of Rodeos and Wild West Shows

      Chris Enss

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      Lady Was a Gambler: True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West

      Chris Enss

      Notable female gamblers are few in number, but their legacy left an indelible mark on the history of the Old West. The Lady Was a Gambler is a tribute to…

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      Doctor Wore Petticoats: Women Physicians Of The Old West

      Chris Enss

      A New York Times Bestseller! No women need apply. Western towns looking for a local doctor during the frontier era often concluded their advertisements in just that manner. Yet apply…

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      Love Lessons from the Old West: Wisdom From Wild Women

      Chris Enss

      From Calamity Jane’s relentless pursuit of Wild Bill Hickok to Emma Walters, who gave it all up for the dashing Bat Masterson-and learned to regret it, these romantic stories from…

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      Entertaining Women: Actresses, Dancers, and Singers in the Old West

      Chris Enss

      This collection of short stories of the women who entertained the West in makeshift theaters and palaces built to showcase the divas who were beloved by emigrants to the uncivilized…

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      Wicked Women

      Chris Enss

      This collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West's most egregiously badly behaved female outlaws, gamblers, soiled doves, and other wicked women by award-winning Western history author Chris Enss…

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      Helen Hunt Jackson and Standing Bear: A Tale of Friendship and the Plight of the American Indian

      Chris Enss

      On a November night in 1879 in Boston, Massachusetts, a lecture was given by Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Tribe. It was attended by a forty-nine-year old woman who…

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      Happy Trails: A Pictorial Celebration of the Life and Times of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      A pictorial celebration of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans as they acted and sang together in 29 movies, 200 albums, and starred on the small screen in the iconic television…

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      Love Untamed: Romances of the Old West

      Joann Chartier,Chris Enss

      From Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate to Frank Butler and Annie Oakley and the lesser-known Mollie Walsh and Packer Jack Newman, this book reveals the stories behind some of…

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      Colorado’s Historic Schools

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      Colorado’s Historic Schools is part-regional history, and part-travel guide featuring over 140 of the most significant schools across the state, all recognized as historic landmarks. Along with interesting school stories…

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      With Great Hope: Women Of The California Gold Rush

      Joann Chartier,Chris Enss

      Fascinating stories of twelve uncommon women, the significant events of the times, and the everyday occurrences of life in the gold camps.

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      The Trials of Annie Oakley

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      Long before the silver screen placed Mary Pickford before the eyes of millions of Americans, this girl, born August 13, 1860 as Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses, had won the right…

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      Death Row All Stars: A Story of Baseball, Corruption, and Murder

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      The amazing true story of the men on Wyoming’s death row in the nineteen-teens who believed they’d be granted reprieves as long as they kept winning baseball games.

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      Cowboys, Creatures, and Classics: The Story of Republic Pictures

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      Take one well-oiled effective killing machine, add a familiar hero on the ground, in the air, and on horseback; stir in a ghastly end that’s surely impossible to escape, add…

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      Sam Sixkiller: Cherokee Frontier Lawman

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      The Oklahoma Historical Society Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History for 2012. A riveting biography of a little-known Native-American who shaped history-complete with shootouts, romance, intrigue, and a little politics.

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      The Young Duke: The Early Life of John Wayne

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      By the time Stagecoach made John Wayne a silver-screen star in 1939, the thirty-one-year-old was already a veteran of more than sixty films, having appeared in B Westerns for five…

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      Mochi’s War: The Tragedy of Sand Creek

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      As with many incidents in American history, the victors wrote the first version of history–turning the tragedy of the Sand Creek Massacre into a heroic feat by the Colorado militia…

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      The Trials of Annie Oakley

      Howard Kazanjian,Chris Enss

      Long before the silver screen placed Mary Pickford before the eyes of millions of Americans, this girl, born August 13, 1860 as Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses, had won the right…

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      The Cowboy and the Senorita: A Biography of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      Roy Rogers and Dale Evans ruled the West from the silver screen as the King of Cowboys and the Queen of the West. In this biography, named for their first…

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      An Open Secret: The Story of Deadwood’s Most Notorious Bordellos

      Chris Enss

      A colorful history of the famous Soiled Doves of Deadwood, South Dakota, during the heyday of the wild west.

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      Straight Lady: The Life and Times of Margaret Dumont, The Fifth Marx Brother

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      On October 20, 1882, future actress Margaret Dumont was born in Brooklyn, New York. A Broadway regular by the 1920s, Dumont found lasting fame once she started appearing with the…

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      Ma Barker: America’s Most Wanted Mother

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      Was Arizona Donnie Clark, AKA Kate Ma Barker the mastermind behind the Barker gang terrorizing the Midwest during the early years of the great Depression? Or was she a terrible…

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      Soldier, Sister, Spy, Scout: Women Soldiers and Patriots on the Western Frontier

      Chris Enss,Joann Chartier

      From the earliest days of the western frontier, women heeded the call to go west along with their husbands, sweethearts, and parents. Many of these women were attached to the…

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      Tilghman: Bill Tilghman, Zoe Stratton, and the Making of a Legendary Lawman

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      The book Tilghman is not only the story of a man - it’s a colorful, exciting history of the last days of the Western frontier. It’s also the story of…

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      The Widowed Ones: Beyond the Battle of the Little Bighorn

      Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

      History has a way of bestowing a more lasting immortality on important people who die at the height of their earthly achievements. Famous personalities who are cut down at the…

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      No Place for a Woman: The Struggle for Suffrage in the Wild West

      Chris Enss

      No Place for a Woman explores the history of the fight for women’s rights in the West, examining the conditions that prevailed during the vast migration of pioneers looking for…

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      No Place for a Woman

      Chris Enss

      In 1869, more than twenty years after Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony made their declaration of the rights of woman at Seneca Falls, New York, the men of…

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      Why Cows Need Cowboys: and Other Seldom-Told Tales from the American West

      Welcome to Western Writers of America’s first anthology for young readers. We invite you to journey westward with us in this collection of twenty true–and seldom-told–tales of the American West…

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