All of history is mystery, Dale L. Walker says, and he proves his point in this lively, humorous--and rational--approach to the West's greatest puzzles. Did Davy Crockett, for example, go down swinging Ol' Betsy, defending the ramparts of the Alamo--or was he captured? Who is buried in Jesse James's grave? Was the man Pat Garrett shot that night really Billy the Kid? How did Black Bart, the gentleman bandit, disappear? Did Sacajawea, the famous Bird Woman who scouted for Lewis and Clark, die twice? The possibilities unfold as Walker brings together little-known facts and the elusive connections that shed light on the biggest enigmas of the American West.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Forge
Published: 11/15/1998
ISBN: 9780312868482
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 70632 / Legends and Lies: Great Mysteries of the American West
Reading Level: 9.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 17