"Edward Abbey was a hero to environmentalists and rebels of every stripe. With Fire on the Mountain, this literary giant of the New West gave readers a powerful, moving, and enduring tale that gloriously celebrates the undying spirit of American individualism. This fiftieth anniversary edition, with an introduction by historian Douglas Brinkley, reminds readers of Abbey's powerful conviction that "a patriot must always be ready to defend his country...

Here is a collection of gripping cowboy stories - written by a real-life cowboy. From the touching and elegiac "Around the Spade Wagon," a tale of two friends reminiscing over a campfire, to the thrilling kidnap by bandits of "The Ransom of Don Ramon Mora," to the slice-of-life account of a wolf hunt in "A Winter Round-up," the tales of Cattle Brands are steeped in the sights, smells and sounds of the old West. Adams knew his subject well, having...

Strips away the tall tales of legend to reveal the essence of Crazy Horse, profiling him as a brilliant and ascetic warrior-hero whose life exemplified Native American tragedy and the end of the untamed West. Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure of American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. Yet his story remains an encapsulation of the Native American tragedy and the death of the untamed West. Crazy Horse...

Little Britches becomes the "man" in his family after his father's early death, taking on the concomitant responsibilities as well as opportunities. During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak, earning a dollar a day. Little Britches is tested against seasoned cowboys on the range and in the corral. He drives cattle through a dust storm, eats his weight in flapjacks, and falls in love with a blue outlaw...

A collection of Western stories, poems, essays, and excerpts from more than seventy authors.

"Effie Frost believes the Argonauts to be fools. When she and her younger sister are made to accompany their spoiled cousin to California, shes certain life there will be unbearable. As they journey across the Isthmus of Panama, she dreams of going home to Boston and is determined to do that once Beatrice reunites with her Argonaut husband in San Francisco. Once they arrive, they discover that Beatrices husband is dead. Nearly penniless and stranded...