Historic Photos of Heroes of the Old West by Mike Cox
No story in United States history is more compelling than the exploration and settlement of the American West, and the tales of those who blazed the trails will forever enthrall Americans yet unborn. In Historic Photos of Heroes of the Old West, the dauntless adventurers who gave us the legend come alive together in profile. Herein are the early pathfinders Zebulon Pike and Lewis and Clark, James Marshall and men of the gold rush, the lawmen Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok. George Armstrong Custer returns to the Little Big Horn and John Wesley Powell revisits the Colorado River. And Mark Twain, Buffalo Bill, and Charles Russell breathe the legend to life. A sagely written brush with the lore and romance of the Old West, this roundup of the most famous frontiersmen includes nearly 200 photographs, reproduced vividly in black-and-white, with captions and introductions by author and historian Mike Cox. Here are the fables and the faces of Americans double-tough, for every adventurer seeking an encounter with the great American West.Mike Cox's ancestors come from a long line of Texas ranchers. He started his full-time journalistic career in 1967 as a reporter for the San Angelo Standard-Times, then moved on to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and the Austin American-Statesman. He joined the Texas Department of Public Safety and worked as its spokesman for fifteen years after a twenty-year career in journalism. He retired from the state in 2007, but in 2010 he came out of retirement to serve in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's communications section. He is the author of twenty nonfiction works and is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.
He got the A.C. Award from the West Texas Book and Music Festival in 2010. For lifetime achievement, the Greene Prize is given. In the Texas hill region, he lives in Fredericksburg.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781596525689 |
| ISBN 10 | 1596525681 |
| Title | Historic Photos of Heroes of the Old West |
| Author | Mike Cox |
| Series | Historic Photos |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
| Year published | 2010-07-15 |
| Number of pages | 206 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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