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In this special section, Guidon Books is featuring a selection of books written about the Confederate guerilla band lead by William C. Quantrill. Also included are books written about several members of his unit, including Frank and Jesse James and the Younger brothers. We also have a great many books about the other Outlaws of the Old West, and Billy The Kid and the Lincoln County War, a few of which are included here. If you don't see want you want, be sure to drop us a line.

Robert J. Torrez
University of New Mexico Press, 2008. Soft cover. $19.95
The haunting specter of hanging trees holds a powerful sway on the American imagination, conjuring images of rough-and tumble frontier towns struggling to impose law and order in a land where violence was endemic. In this thoughtful study, former New Mexico State Historian Robert Torrez examins several fascinating criminal cases that reveal the harsh and often gruesome realities of the role hangings, legal or otherwise, played in the administration of frontier justice.
Torrez challenges the myths and popular perceptions about hangings and lynching in this corner of the Wild West.
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Revised August 28, 2010
Stiles, J.P. Jesse James: The Last Rebel of the Civil War. A brilliant biography of Jesse James, and a stunning reinterpretation of an American icon. Stripped of the familar myths surrounding him, James emerges a far more significant figure: ruthless, purposeful, intensely political; a man who, in the midst of his crimes and notoriety, made himself a spokesman for the renewal of the Confederate cause during the bitter decade that followed Appomattox. Knopf, 2002. Dust jacket. $32.50
Burton, Arthur T. Black, Red, and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territories. This book recounts the exploits of several black and indian outlaws and lawmen of the Oklahoma Indian Territory. Learn about Cherokee Bill, the meanest of the mean, hanged for the murder of thirteen men by the time he was twenty. Follow such outlaws as Dick Glass, Ned Christie and the Rufus Buck Gang. The lawmen covered include Sam Sixkiller, Grant Johnson and Bass Reeves. Many of the black lawmen were hired by "Hanging" Judge Parker because of their knowledge of the Indian Territory. 1st edition. Eakin Press, 1991. Dust jacket. $30.00
Burton, Art T. Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves. First time the story of Bass Reeves is told, sifting through fact and legend to discover the truth about one of the most outstanding peace officers in late-nineteenth century and perhaps the greatest lawman of the Wild West era. University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $24.95
Metz, Leon. John Wesley Hardin - Dark Angel of Texas. El Paso,Texas (1996) First Edition, $39.95
Billy The Kid and the Lincoln County War