FRANCIS PARKMAN, "The Oregon Trail," 1901, with preface by the
author to the edition of 18991. This is a reprint of the edition
published in 1857 under the title "Prairie and Rocky Mountain
Life," or "The California and Oregon Trail," and has always been
held as a classic in the literature of the West. It holds a
certain amount of information regarding life on the Plains at the
middle of the last century. The original title is more accurate
than the more usual one "The Oregon Trail," as the book itself is
in no sense an exclusive study of that historic highway.
COLONEL R. B. MARCY, U. S. A., "Thirty Years of Army Life on the
Border," 1866. An admirable and very informing book done by an
Army officer who was also a sportsman and a close observer of the
conditions of the life about him. One of the standard books for
any library of early Western literature.
EMERSON HOUGH, "The Story of the Outlaw," 1907. A study of the
Western desperado, with historical narratives of famous outlaws,
stories of noted border movements, Vigilante activities, and
armed conflicts on the border.
NATHANIEL PITT LANGFORD, "Vigilante Days and Ways," 1893.
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