Presents a number of true stories from the American Wild West, full of six shooters, bank robberies, bandits, lawmen, and cowboys, as well as camels, buried treasure, and ponies that carried the mail.

"Secrets, strange tales & hidden facts about the Wild West"--Cover.

Westward ho! Vaquerps to cowboys ; Chuck wagon Charlie ; Cowboy code ; Cowboy clothes ; Loyal to the brand ; Cowpoke practice : brand it ; Cowpoke practice : chuck wagon recipes -- Legends and lore. Pony express ; The Lost Dutchman's gold mine ; Rattlesnake Dick's loot ; U.S. Camel corps ; Bloody benders ; Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ; Cowpoke practice : lost treasure map ; Cowpoke practice : hangman game -- Cowboys and cowgirls. Deadwood Dick ; Buffalo Bill ; Charley Parkhurst ; Stagecoach Mary ; Bulldoggin' Bill ; Goodnight-loving trail ; Cowpoke practice : cowboy in training ; Cowpoke practice : wild west games -- Lawmen and outlaws. Pistol Pete ; Belle Starr, bandit queen ; Queen Ann ; The real Lone Ranger : Bass Reeves ; Bat Masterson ; The mystery of Butch Cassidy ; The strange case of Etta Place ; The secret of Cathay Williams ; Cowpoke practice : bulls and cows.