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:	9781493042555
Publisher:	TwoDot
Publication date:	01/24/2020
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	632,448
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

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 Mary The 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 Dilchthe Please, General Custer, I Don’t Want to Go Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned Sam Brown’s Folly Pink Tights and Wild Horses The 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