Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears:
Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of the Wild West
Author: Matthew P. Mayo
Publisher: 2009 TwoDot, an Imprint of Globe Pequoit Press

From our Purveyor of Books:
Looking for the perfect gift for anyone interested in the West? This is it. Author Matthew P. Mayo recounts 50 of the greatest true adventures of all time, some may be familiar to you - many may not. His telling is rich, witty and memorable. The familiar stories will feel brand new. Before there was "Survivor" and "The Great Race" and "Lost" there were the true adventures of those dreamers that went West and those that were already here.

From the Publisher:
Fifty Pulse-Pounding Stories that Capture the Bold Spirit of the Wild West

From slaughters, shootouts, and massacres to maulings, lynchings, and natural disasters, Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears cuts to the chase of what draws people to the history and literature of the Wild West. Matthew P. Mayo, noted author of Western novels, takes the fifty wildest episodes in the region's history and presents them in one action-packed volume. Set on the plains, mountains, and deserts of the West, and arranged chronologically, they capture all the mystique and allure of that special time and place in America's history. Read about:
*John Colter's harrowing escape from the Blackfeet
*Hugh Glass's six-week crawl to civilization after a grizzly attack
*Janette Riker's brutual winter in the Rockies
*John Wesley Powell's treacherous run through the rapids of the Grand Canyon
*The Earp Brothers' hot-tempered gun battle at Tombstone
*General Custer's ill-advised final clash with the Sioux

About the Author:
Matthew P. Mayo is the author of fiction and nonfiction books, including the Western novels Winters' War, Wrong Town, and Hot Lead, Cold Heart. He edited the anthology Where Legends Ride: New Tales of the Old West. The managing editor of Big Sky Journal, Mayo is a member of Western Writers of America and the Western History Association. He and his wife divide their time between the coast of Maine and the mountains of Montana. Visit him at www.matthewmayo.com.

Paperback. 264 ppgs.