Embark on a thrilling journey through the captivating tales of the American West in the first volume of this gripping Western saga.

In Our American West, Volume 1, readers are sure to discover humor, tragedy, and courage in every delightful story. Gary McCarthy has been writing about the American West for thirty years, and these are some of his favorite topics written -- not for the expert or scholar, but for all the armchair admirers of things historically Western. Some of these exciting subjects are fairly well known, such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. But even here, readers will discover things about these daring outlaws that they probably didn't know.

In this first volume, McCarthy tells tales of coyotes and burros, jackrabbits and mustangs -- the "untamed ones" that are oh-so-very important threads in the rich and textured tapestry of our Western heritage. He reminisces on Black Bart, the gentle stagecoach robber and gentleman of Forty-Niners' era California, who never robbed passengers but who humorously signed off as Po8 because he loved scribbling then leaving confounding doggerel for the frustrated lawman hounding his trail.

Then comes along the beautiful and sultry Lola Montez, the famous "Spider Dancer" -- a Comstock Lode sensation -- and secretly Irish wife and shameless mistress of some of Europe's richest noblemen. Charles Russell was famous for his art, but one of his dearest friends, Will Rogers, thought of him as an equally gifted storyteller. And what about "Bet a Million" Gates whose bold Texas wager transformed the entire face and future of the American West?

In this fascinating and fun-to-read volume, readers will learn about explorers, adventurers, the famous and almost famous, and legends like Joaquin Murieta "The Ghost of Sonora." Did he once live to ride and raid and was that really his pickled head in a jar that finally found rest after the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake? On some pages, the line between fact and fiction blur -- page by fascinating page.

Grab your copy of this spell-binding Western adventure series today and get swept up in unique stories, detailing harrowing tales of the great American West!

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