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Of all firsthand accounts of lawlessness in the old Southwest, none is more fascinating than Pat F. Garrett's The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid. First published in 1882, a year after Sheriff Garrett killed the Kid, it is at once the most authoritative biography of William H. Bonney and the foundation of the Billy the Kid legend.

In 1832, Washington Irving, recently returned from seventeen years'' residence abroad and eager to explore his own country, embarked on an expedition to the country west of Arkansas set aside for the Indians. A Tour on the Prairies is his absorbing account of that journey, which extended from Fort Gibson to the Cross Timbers in what is now Oklahoma. First published in 1835, it has remained a perennial favorite, retaining its original freshness, vigor, and vividness to this day.

At the age of 79 Collinson began writing and this work is a collection of letters, articles and transcriptions of his conversations about the Old West. Collinson tells of the last days of Buffalo hunting on the Plains, the clashes of hunters, cowboys and Indians, and the nature of violence.