Recommended Reading by LDPOW Members "The Law Dawgs and Pistoleros of the Olde West reenact actual events that occured from 1865 to 1895. Of course reading about the time period gives us ideas and scenerios for our shows and events. Also we just enjoy reading about our past and our heritage"

Recommended by Charlie Pitts Boessenecker, John. Gold Dust & Gunsmoke: Tales of Gold Rush Outlaws, Gunfighters, Lawmen, and Vigilantes. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1994 Chalfant, W. A. Gold, Guns & Ghost Towns. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1947 Jackson, Josehph Henry. Bad Company: The Story of California's Legendary and Actual Stage-Robbers, Bandits, Highwaymen and Outlaws from the Fifties to the Eighties. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1977. MacLean, Angus. Legends of the California Bandidos. Word Dancer Press, California, 2004. Mather, R. E. and Boswell, F. E. Gold Camp Desperadoes: A Study of Violence, Crime and Punishment on the Mining Frontier. History West Publishing, San Jose, California, 1990. Mather, R. E. and Boswell, F. E. Hanging the Sheriff: A Biography of Henry Plummer. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 1987. McGrath, Roger D. Gun Fighters, Highwaymen & Vigilantes: Violence on the Frontier. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1984. Secrest, William B. California Feuds: Vengeance, Vendettas & Violence on the Old West Coast. Word Dancer Press, California, 2005. Secrest, William B. California Desperadoes: Stories of Early California Outlaws in Their Own Words. Word Dancer Press, California, 2000. Secrest, William B. Perilous Trails, Dangerous Men: Early California Stagecoach Robbers and their Desperate Careers 1856-1900. Word Dancer Press, California, 2002. Triplett, Frank. The Life, Times & Treacherous Death of Jesse James. J. H. Chambers & Co., St. Louis, Mo., 1882. Reprinted by The Swallow Press Inc., 1970. Wellman, Paul I. A Dynasty of Western Outlaws. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1986. Wilson, Gary A. Outlaw Tales of Montana: True Stories of Notorious Montana Bandits, Culprits, and Crooks. The Globe Pequot Press, 2003.			Recommended by Larry Shuman Barron, Bruce. Fabulous Memories of a Truly Adventrous Life. Ox-Shoe Ranch Publications, Manton CA., 2001 Cannon, Hal. New Cowboy Poetry, A Contemporary Gathering. Gibbs Smith, Layton Utah, 1990

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