Factual accounts brought together to show the decisive manner in which the forty-niners spurred the growth of the West.

"A companion book to the author's 'Colonial Living, ' describing the life of all the early settlers of the American [frontier] ... where they lived and how; what they wore, ate, used for furniture and tools; how they worked, played, traveled, went to school, worshiped and governed themselves."

"The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know : How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman--and was he African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman bandit" and one...