Prologue |
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1 | (2) |
Introduction: The Hundred and One |
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3 | (4) |
Part One: The Dark and Bloody Ground |
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7 | (32) |
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9 | (6) |
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Portrait: Daniel Boone: America's First ``Cowboy'' |
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13 | (2) |
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15 | (8) |
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Portrait: P. T. Barnum Invents the Wild West |
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20 | (3) |
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23 | (7) |
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Portrait: Under the Black Flag |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (9) |
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Portrait: The South's Avenging Angel |
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35 | (4) |
Part Two: Go West, Young Man |
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39 | (58) |
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41 | (7) |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (6) |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (8) |
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Portrait: The Bandit Queen |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (8) |
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Portrait: Jesse Chisholm's Trail |
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67 | (3) |
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70 | (9) |
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Portrait: The Hanging Judge, Frontier Vigilantes, and Stone-cold Killers |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (9) |
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85 | (3) |
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88 | (9) |
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Portrait: Standing Bear: Chief of the Poncas |
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93 | (4) |
Part Three: The Cattleman's Last Frontier |
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97 | (80) |
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The First Cow Town in Kansas |
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99 | (10) |
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Portrait: Miss Molly: The Kentucky Connection |
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106 | (3) |
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The Salt Fork of the Arkansas |
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109 | (9) |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (12) |
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126 | (4) |
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130 | (10) |
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Portrait: Ride 'em, Cowboy |
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136 | (4) |
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140 | (15) |
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150 | (5) |
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155 | (11) |
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Portrait: Shanghai Pierce |
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163 | (3) |
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166 | (11) |
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Portrait: The Great White City |
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172 | (5) |
Part Four: The Real Thing |
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177 | (156) |
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179 | (11) |
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186 | (4) |
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190 | (15) |
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199 | (6) |
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205 | (9) |
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211 | (3) |
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214 | (13) |
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Portrait: The World's First Cowgirl Meets the Cherokee Kid |
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221 | (6) |
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227 | (13) |
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Portrait: King of the Cowboys |
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235 | (5) |
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240 | (17) |
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Portrait: Bill Pickett: The Dusky Demon |
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253 | (4) |
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257 | (14) |
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266 | (5) |
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271 | (15) |
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Portrait: Jane Woodend: Fence Rider |
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278 | (8) |
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286 | (15) |
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Portrait: The Band Played On |
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296 | (5) |
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301 | (16) |
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Portrait: Princess Wenona: The California Girl |
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309 | (8) |
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317 | (16) |
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Portrait: Willie-Cries-for-War |
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327 | (6) |
Part Five: Galloping Ghosts |
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333 | (186) |
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335 | (14) |
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345 | (4) |
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349 | (18) |
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362 | (5) |
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367 | (19) |
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Portrait: Hollywood-on-the-Arkansas |
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377 | (9) |
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386 | (25) |
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Portrait: Hollywood Buckaroos and the Gower Gulch Gang |
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402 | (9) |
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411 | (41) |
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Portrait: Saturday's Heroes and Heroines |
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434 | (18) |
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452 | (67) |
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Final Portrait: Nothing But Cowboys, Cowgirls, and Indians |
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479 | (40) |
Epilogue |
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519 | (8) |
Endnotes |
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527 | (84) |
Bibliography |
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611 | (14) |
Acknowledgments |
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625 | (8) |
Index |
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633 | (20) |
About the Author |
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