Title: True tales of the prairies and plains /
Authors: Dary, David.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Prairies West (U.S.) History Anecdotes.; Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.) Anecdotes; Frontier and pioneer life Great Plains Anecdotes.; Pioneers West (U.S.) Biography Anecdotes.; Pioneers Great Plains Biography Anecdotes.; West (U.S.) History Anecdotes.; Great Plains History Anecdotes.; West (U.S.) Social life and customs Anecdotes.; Great Plains Social life and customs Anecdotes.
Abstract: This is a collection of stories set on the prairies and plains of middle America that stretch from Rio Grande northward into Canada.
Contents: Part I: Over the Trails and Rails -- Part II: Buried Treasure Legends -- Part III: The Lawless, Lawmen, and Justice -- Part IV: Buffalo, Horses, and Other Creatures -- Part V: The Famous and the Obscure.