Peacemakers: Arms and Adventure in the American West por Wilson, R.L - 2004

Chartwell Books, 2004, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Peter Beard, photos et al. Oblong quarto, hardcover, fine in VG black pictorial dj. 392 pp. including appendix, index, and notes. First published in 1992, this Chartwell edition published in 2004. Endpapers show Buffalo Bill's saddle, arms, and paraphenalia of early west. Beginning with Native American primitive weaponry, it presents a comprehensive panorama from Lewis and Clark and their historic expedition, through trailblazing explorers, traders and mountain men, to the Army, the gold and silver miners, gunfighters, gamblers, outlaws, frontier madams and their soiled doves, to peace officers, cowboys and ranchers, as well as sodbusters, shopkeepers and the agents of Wells Fargo, hunters and gentlemen-sportsmen, Wild West showmen and women, to the Western stars of stage, screen, radio, and television.