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[2016]
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"The West's most prominent lawmen and criminals tell their stories of fight, death, and survival. In the romantic narrative of the Old West, two larger-than-life characters emerged as the perfect foils for each other--the rampant outlaw and the heroic peace officer. Without the villain, sheriffs would not have needed to uphold the law; and without the sheriff, villains would have had no law to break. Together, both personalities fought, lost, and...
69) Promised land
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Pub. Date
2020.
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"In Tombstone, Arizona Territory, despite a silver strike promising entrepreneurial opportunities, Wyatt Earp returns to law enforcement, posing a new threat to the Cow-boy rustlers running rampant on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border. The Earp brothers make as many enemies as they do allies in a deeply divided community. Aspiring to be county sheriff, Wyatt bargains with outlaw informants in his pursuit of three wanted men. When the deal unravels,...
70) Wyatt Earp
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Pub. Date
2016
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Wyatt Earp is a legend of America's Wild West. Books, movies, and television shows portray him as a fearless lawman who was quick with a gun and able to take down outlaws in one gunfight after another. The truth is that Wyatt Earp rarely had to shoot to keep the Wild West's outlaws under control.
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Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Historical photographs and easy-to-understand text help describe what life was like in the American West, discussing cattle rustlers, bank robbers, women outlaws, the honor and code of the West, U.S. Marshals, Texas Rangers, and Pinerton Detectives, and their roles in giving the region its wild reputation.
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Pub. Date
[2004]
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This account of the court case that followed the gunfight at the OK Corral "will interest Wild West buffs as well as readers interested in legal history" (Publishers Weekly).
The gunfight at the OK Corral lasted less than a minute-yet it became the basis for countless stories about the Wild West. At the time of the event, however, Wyatt Earp was not universally acclaimed as a hero. Among the people who knew him best in Tombstone, Arizona, many considered...
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In Wolf Brand, the ordinarily peaceful River Junction community is divided into factions. The ranchers are divided in their sympathies toward the farmers the railroad promised to sell land to for five dollars an acre and the railroad is now changing the terms of the land settlement, charging the farmers three times the original price. The situation becomes explosive when two railroad marshals are shot. In Doom Patrol, the owners of the J Bar C,...
80) Outlaw kingdom
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Pub. Date
1996
Description
In 1889, Bill Tilghman joined the historic land rush that transformed a raw frontier into Oklahoma Territory. A lawman by trade, he set aside his badge to make his fortune in the boomtowns. Yet Tilghman was called into service once more, on a bold, relentless manhunt that would make his name a legend for all time--in an epic confrontation with outlaw gang leader Bill Doolin.
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