Please, General Custer, I Don't Want to Go: True Tales of the Old West

by Russell W. Estlack

Overview

These entertaining stories from Old West history include cowboys, Indians, lawmen, lawbreakers, entertainers, prostitutes, priests, and politicians. They all helped shape the myth and legend of the American West. This book reveals the stories of characters like Mary Fields, Cleophas Dowd, and Judge Roy Bean, and offers glimpses of gunfights, holdups, mining claim battles, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493042562
Publisher:	TwoDot
Publication date:	01/24/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Russell W. Estlack lives in the red mountains outside of St. George, Utah. He is the author of numerous articles that have appeared in national and regional publications. A native of Wildwood, New Jersey, Russell served in the United States Air Force during the early years of the Cold War. He attended New Mexico State University and graduated with a BS degree in management. Russell has lived in the American Southwest for many years and is intimately familiar with the people and places he writes about.

Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

The Comic Opera Outlaw of California

Stagecoach MaryThe Outlaw Priest

The Great Train Robbery of 1895

Vigilante Justice

The Gentleman Bandit

Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets

Diamonds in the Dust

The Man Who Almost Stole Arizona

The Lieutenant Was a Lady

The Legend of Oofty Goofty

Norton I, First Emperor of the United States

She Was a Hell of a Good Woman

The Red Ghost of Arizona

DilchthePlease, General Custer, I Don’t Want to Go

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned

Sam Brown’s Folly

Pink Tights and Wild HorsesThe Texas Salt War

The Mysterious Lady in Blue

The Last Apache Warrior

Julia Bulette, Queen of the Comstock

Fool’s Gold

The Man with Nine Lives

Where Did the Camels Go?

Henry Starr, King of the Bank Robbers

The Gentle Giant of Texas

Fetterman’s Folly

The Grandest Storyteller of Them All

The Man Who Almost Drowned San Diego

Bibliography

Index

About the Author