Standoff at High Noon: Another Battle over the Truth in the Mythic Wild West
- ISBN-10
- 1493053361
- ISBN-13
- 9781493053360
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-10-22
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Authors
- Bill Markley, Kellen Cutsforth
Description
In Standoff at High Noon, the sequel to Old West Showdown, coauthors Kellen Cutsforth and Bill Markley again investigate ten well-known, controversial stories from the Old West. Through their opposing viewpoints, learn more about notorious figures and infamous events, including the controversial death of Davy Crockett at the Alamo; the life and death of Sacagawea who assisted Lewis and Clark on their Corps of Discovery Expedition; the tragic fate of the Donner Party snowbound in the Sierra Nevada; the assassination of Wild Bill Hickok; Arizona’s Lost Dutchman Mine; and the controversy over Butch Cassidy’s death in South America. No matter whose side you are on, there’s always something new to discover about the mythic Old West.
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