Barbara Fifer Livres

Take Your Own Journey through History on the Lewis & Clark Trail!Follow the journey of the Corps of Discovery from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello through the Midwest and the Rockies, to the Pacific Ocean and back with this detailed chronicle of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. This third edition of the classic guidebook features accessible text that combines the historical sites and color maps that merge the past and present in a user-friendly and entertaining way.

Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane get all the press, but Deadwood was as rich in remarkable and eccentric personalities as it was in ore. Authors Bryant and Fifer have mined the archives for obscure (and true!) tales of murderous women, artful con men, woebegone children, an African American orator, a determined temperance activist, and a lovesick assayer. Discover Deadwood as it really was!

The lively romp details some of the Wild West's most engaging stories, specifically in the Black Hills and Deadwood, home to prostitutes and poets, desperados and dancehall girls, fortune tellers and fugitives. Readers will meet a host of rowdies ranging from madams to stagecoach robbers, from tall-tale tellers to killers.- Profiles more than 95 bad boys, wild women, and engaging events from the 1870s Black Hills- Features foreword by Jerry Bryant, research curator and historical archaeologist, Adams Museum and House, Black Hills, South Dakota- Includes 20 historical photographs- Features extensive timeline of Black Hills events- Includes map of Deadwood in the 1870s, as well as a map of the Black Hills- Perfect for lovers of history and visitors to the Black Hills regionPlease visit us at FarcountryPress.com for more information on the Bedside Reader Series.

Hayward and his friends walked pass the old creepy house on the hill everyday and never thought that anyone could live in such a run down old house. Hayward is convinced that he saw someone in the house but the children don t believe him. What happens next will teach all the children a lesson that they never will forget.

Now in softcover! Montana is home to many storied ghost towns, and few people get to see these remote places in person the way photographers Larry and Vivian Roland have. Here they share rich color photographs of landscapes, townsites, homes, stores, mining structures, closeup details, and more. Historical black-and-white images, newspaper quotes, and anecdotal text help tell the stories of thousands of hard-working pioneers, those who preyed on them, and a few larger-than-life characters, bringing the past back to colorful life.

He was the meanest man in a mean town-Deadwood. He was prone to violence, ruthless in romance, cutthroat in business. Al Swearingen ran the Gem Theatre with cunning, wicked self-interest, and his fists. You've followed the misdeeds and cuss-filled rants of the television character, now go inside the life-and death-of the real Al Swearingen. With meticulous research and lively writing, Deadwood historian and HBO Deadwood series consultant Jerry L. Bryant and-co-author Barbara Fifer shed new light on Al's scandalized childhood in Oskaloosa, Iowa-his nefarious dealings at his saloon and brothel in gold-rush-era Deadwood, and his brutal death (was he murdered?) in a Denver rail yard. Rare photographs of Al Swearingen and the Gem Theatre. Newspaper accounts of Al's scrapes with the law. New details on Al's family, and the violent demise of his twin brother. Al's 1904 obituary and-never before published-burial records. Come along for an inside look at the life and times of "the Devil of Deadwood." Book jacket.