Sam Sixkiller was one of the most accomplished lawmen in 1880s Oklahoma Territory.  And in many ways, he was a typical law-enforcement official, minding the peace and gunslinging in the still-wild West.  What set Sam Sixkiller apart was his Cherokee heritage.  Sixkiller’s sworn duty was to uphold the law, but he also took it upon himself read more…

Available Summer 2014. Over the course of my lifetime I’ve made many pleas to God. When I was seven I pleaded with Him to make me an Olympic swimmer. At 16, my plea was for the chance to marry the boy I had been in love with since kindergarten. There have been numerous pleas over read more…

On May 17, 1876, Elizabeth Bacon Custer kissed her husband George goodbye and wished him good fortune in his efforts to fulfill the Army’s orders to drive in the Indians who would not relocate to a reservation. The smartly dressed couple made for a splendid picture. This new biography of Elizabeth Bacon Custer tells the read more…

The year was 1878. Future legends of the Old West–lawmen Charlie Bassett, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, and Bill Tilghman–patrolled the unruly streets of Dodge City, Kansas, then known as “the wickedest little city in America.” When a cattle baron fled town after allegedly shooting the popular dancehall girl Dora Hand, these four men–all sharpshooters who read more…

In these pages you’ll meet a soiled dove who longed for a fairy-tale romance but instead fell for an ailing miner; a quiet schoolmarm who risked life and limb for her adventuresome husband; a spinster who refused to reveal the secrets of her heart despite a proposal from a dashing, prominent rancher; an actress who read more…