Re: [DL] Interesting new "source" book...

["Boone McKenna" <werewolf778@hotmail.com>]

try this one Legends and Tales of the American West by Richard Erdoes put 
out by Pantheon Books.  It is a great collections of old stories but be 
forewarned these are not the legends you heard about as kids a couple are 
pretty raunchy.

Marshell Boone


>From: Derek Carmichael <dcarmichael@apple.com>
>Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
>Subject: Re: [DL] Interesting new "source" book...
>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:26:01 -0700
>
>
>As I mentioned I haven't read much yet... I'm only about 40 pages into it.
>But so far he's covered things such as the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis 
>and
>Clark expedition, etal.  The author starts in (roughly) the mid 1700's and
>moves from there.  Here's the first few chapter names:
>
>1. When the East Was the West: Sunrise to Sunset
>2. The Cowboys: Making the Wild West Wild, Part One
>3. Trails West: Head 'Em Up and Move 'Em Out
>4. The Cattle Barons: Making the Wild West Wild, Part Two
>5. Westward Ho! Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beerholder
>
>Another issue with a book of this nature is: if you didn't know the
>misinformation to begin with, it's difficult (at best) to describe things
>from a... well we're all taught blah, blah, blah, but really blah, blah,
>blah happened.  (While I know some things about the Wild West, I'm not
>writing any history books any time soon! ;-)
>
>Hope that helps some!
>
>Take care,
>
>Derek
>
>
> > On 6/11/01 5:29 PM, Drake wrote the following:
>
> > What type of info does it cover?
> >
> >> Just found a book at the library titled "What They Didn't Teach You 
>About
> >> the Wild West" by Mike Wright ISBN: 0-89141-690-0.
> >>
> >> I haven't read too much of it yet but so far so good.
> >
> >
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