Adobe Walls - The History and Archaeology of the 1874 Trading Po

Adobe Walls - The History and Archaeology of the 1874 Trading Po

Adobe Walls tells us much about the dying of the Plains Indian culture and the march of white commerce across the frontier.

Black, Buckskin, and Blue

Black, Buckskin, and Blue

African-American Scouts and Soldiers of the Western Frontier

Blue, The Gray, & The Red, The

Blue, The Gray, & The Red, The

This is the first book dedicated solely to chronicling the many campaigns waged against the Indians in the American West during the Civil War. In fact, more Indians, and possibly more whites, were killed between 1861 and 1865 than in any other period in h

Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877, The

Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877, The

The year 1877 was a drought year in West Texas. In the middle of that arid summer, a troop of some forty buffalo soldiers struck out into the Llano Estacado. Several days later three black soldiers rode into Fort Concho and reported all of the officers an

Comanche Barrier - To South Plains Settlement

Comanche Barrier - To South Plains Settlement

Written by Rupert Norval Richardson - The first edition was printed in 1933. This is the extended reissue, with deleted text restored. Hardback 278 pages, 6 x 9. illustrations, photos, notes, bibliography, and index

Comanche Society - Before the Reservation

Comanche Society - Before the Reservation

This cutting-edge history provides an interpretive gaze into the culture of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Comanche life.

Conquering the Southern Plains

Conquering the Southern Plains

The third volume in the Eyewitness to the Indian Wars 1865-1890

Crazy Horse: The Life Behind the Legend

Crazy Horse: The Life Behind the Legend

A fascinating biography of one of the most important Native American leaders in the struggle to protect their homeland and way of life.

Custer Myth, The

Custer Myth, The

A valuable reference book containing all of the known first-hand accounts of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Widely considered the best of the many books on Custer.

Fox and the Whirlwind

Fox and the Whirlwind

Genral George Crook and Geronimo: A Paired Biography - Two of American History's Most Brilliant Warriors - And Fiercest Enemies - Come Alive

Great Comanche Raid, The

Great Comanche Raid, The

The story of the boldest Indian attack on the Texas Republic.

Indian Depredations In Texas

Indian Depredations In Texas

A classic of Texas literature, Indian Depredations in Texas, by J.W. Wilbarger (1890), compiles the stories of more than 250 attacks from the 1820s to the 1870s. Wilbarger's book harshly condemns the Indians and makes no attempt to consider their point of

Life of Billy Dixon

Life of Billy Dixon

"Life of Billy Dixon" is a compelling narrative of the "wild free life" of the Great Plains frontier.

Massacre on the Lordsburg Road: A Tragedy of the Apache Wars

Massacre on the Lordsburg Road: A Tragedy of the Apache Wars

Historian Marc Simmons brings to light one of the last massacres of the Indian wars, presenting exactly why and how the McComases met their end on that desolate road, the events that led up to it, and the public reactions that followed.

Native American Hunting and Fighting Skills

Native American Hunting and Fighting Skills

A fascinating and evocative visual history of the changes and development in Native American fighting and hunting skills. Publisher's Retail Price $22.95 - Cowboy Bookworm Price $17.95

Old Army - Memories 1872-1918, The

Old Army - Memories 1872-1918, The

The autobiography of Brigadier General James "Galloping Jim" Parker (1854-1924) who had a remarkable and exciting military career.

Plains Indians, The

Plains Indians, The

The Plains Indians is a clear, well-written narrative history of the Plains Indians during a vital and well-known era in Indian and American history. Those interested in Indian anthropology and history will value this cohesive overview of Plains Indian

White Justice In Arizona: Apache Murder Trials in the Nineteenth

White Justice In Arizona: Apache Murder Trials in the Nineteenth

Through case studies of these very different murder trials, White Justice in Arizona probes the federal and state governments’ treatment of America’s indigenous populations and the cultural clashes that left justice the greatest casualty.

Bad Hand: A Biography of General Ranald S. Mackenzie

Bad Hand: A Biography of General Ranald S. Mackenzie

By Charles M. Robinson III - Biography of the Civil War hero and well known Indian fighter. Paperback 5 1/2x8 1/2. 416 pp.B&w photos. Maps. Notes. Bib. Index.

Frontier Blood: The Saga of the Parker Family

Frontier Blood: The Saga of the Parker Family

Cynthia Ann Parker was taken captive by Comanches and her son Quanah Parker became of the great chief of the Comanches. This is their stroy.

Recollections of Western Texas 1852-1855

Recollections of Western Texas 1852-1855

By Two of the U.S. Mounted Rifles - Edited by Robert Wooster and Preface by Robert M. Utley -

Savage Frontier - Vol. II 1838-1839

Savage Frontier - Vol. II 1838-1839

Rangers, Rifleman, and Indian Wars In Texas