Univ. of Oklahoma
Deep Trails in the Old West: A Frontier Memoir
Born in 1860, John Menham Wightman came to Cimarron, New Mexico, at the age of eleven. Seventy years – and…
Jedediah Smith: No Ordinary Mountain Man
The term “mountain man” conjures up visions of doggedly independent and fiercely combative men more than capable of adapting and…
Child of the Fighting Tenth
This re-released memoir recounts the early life of author Forrestine “Birdie” Cooper Hooker, growing up in the frontier West. The…
The Good Times Are All Gone Now: Life, Death, and Rebirth in an Idaho Mining Town
As the narrator returns to her hometown of Kellogg, Idaho, she has flashbacks of life as she knew it growing…
Agnes Lake Hickok: Queen of the Circus, Wife of a Legend
Agnes Lake Hickok must have been made of extraordinary stuff. She married circus performer Bill Lake in 1847 and made…
Baby Doe Tabor
Elizabeth McCourt “Baby Doe” Tabor was as famous in her day as any personality gracing the cover of a…
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