Legends and Lies
"All of history is mystery," Dale L. Walker says, and he proves his point in this lively, humorous--and rational--approach to the West''s greatest puzzles. Did Davy Crockett, for example, go down swinging Ol'' Betsy, defending the ramparts of the Alamo--or was he captured? Who is buried in Jesse James''s grave? Was the man Pat Garrett shot that night really Billy the Kid? How did Black Bart, "the ...
"All of history is mystery," Dale L. Walker says, and he proves his point in this lively, humorous--and rational--approach to the West''s greatest puzzles. Did Davy Crockett, for example, go down swinging Ol'' Betsy, defending the ramparts of the Alamo--or was he captured? Who is buried in Jesse James''s grave? Was the man Pat Garrett shot that night really Billy the Kid? How did Black Bart, "the ...
