Bill O'Reilly's Legends & lies : the real West

Fisher, David 1946- (author.). O'Reilly, Bill. (Added Author).

Summary: How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman -- and was he African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman bandit" and one of the West's most famous stagecoach robbers? Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid really die in a hail of bullets in South America? Generations of Americans have grown up on TV shows, movies and books about these western icons. But what really happened in the Wild West? All the stories you think you know are here -- some heroic, some brutal and bloody, all riveting. Included are the ten legends featured in Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies docu-series -- from Kit Carson to Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok to Doc Holliday -- accompanied by two bonus chapters on Daniel Boone and Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley. Frontier America was a place where instinct mattered more than education, and courage was necessary for survival. It was a place where luck made a difference and legends were made.

Record details

ISBN: 9781627795081 (ebk.)
ISBN: 1627795073 (hbk.)
ISBN: 9781627795074 (hbk.)
Physical Description: vii, 294 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"The companion volume to the Fox News series"--Jacket. Color map on lining papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292).
Formatted Contents Note:	Daniel Boone: Traitor or patriot? -- David Crockett: Capitol hillbilly -- Kit Carson: Duty before honor -- Black Bart: Gentleman bandit -- Wild Bill Hickok: Plains justice -- Bass Reeves: The real Lone Ranger -- George Armstrong Custer: A general's reckoning -- Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley: The radical opportunists -- Jesse James: Bloody politics -- Doc Holliday: Desperate measures -- Billy the Kid: Escape artist -- Butch Cassidy: The last man standing.