"True Western"
 
BUFFALO BILL'S TOMAHAWK DUEL by ?????

To his surprise and horror, the Redskin was finding that Buffalo Bill was even a better master of the tomahawk than he was himself.

"Thank heavens!" shouted Grandpa and Dad when they learned of Buffalo Bill's safety after the duel.
For those were the days before the new-fangled wireless and TV, when a generation of youngsters trembled as they turned the pages of their latest "dime novel" to follow the exploits of America's greatest hero. And who could blame them? For the great Scout was fearless but prudent, gentle but tough, a very good man in a very bad world.
New, Gold Star Books presents a collection of The Buffalo Bill Stories - every word of the original, plus a second complete James Boys story in each volume.

Consulting editor for the series: Edward T LeBlanc
© 1965 by The New International Library Inc.
Gold Star Books are published by The New International Library Inc, Capital International Building, Derby, Conn, USA
(This book was a kind gift from The Bold O'Donohoe)

 
DESPERATE MEN by James D Horan

The hitherto unrevealed files that have been accumulating for nearly a century in the archives of the Pinkerton's National Detective Agency bring to light for the first time endless new facts about the outlaw careers of Jesse and Frank James, the Youngers, Butch Cassidy, and the Wild Bunch of Wyoming.
Here, at last, is the real story of Jesse James as a boy, as a Civil War guerrilla rider, as America's most notorious outlaw, who, with his gang, held back the development of civilisation in the West and halted the flow of millions of dollars of capital across the borders of Missouri - a story that until now has been distorted beyond belief.
But even more amazing is the story of Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch of Wyoming - four hundred thundering riders, who ruled three States with a reign of terror from a mediaeval-like robber's roost, and even stood off the U.S.Cavalry. Their fantastic career of train and bank robberies, murders and lynchings, and jail breaks, ended only when the leaders, one a beautiful woman, fell in a crackle of gunfire after successfully introducing their special technique of outlawry to South America.

Originally published in England by Hammond, Hammond & Co Ltd
First published by Hammond 1952
Corgi edition 1956
Corgi Books are published by Transworld Publishers Ltd, Park Royal Road, London, NW10

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