by Various We've all heard stories of the Wild West: pioneers, stagecoach robberies, and tough frontier lawmen. But things can get plenty strange when people are on their own in a strange land, and this Big Book tells the the bizarre tales you don't usually hear about the conquering of the North American continent. Among the highlights: covert cannibalism, mummified murderers, sadism, lynch mobs, overt cannibalism, bad luck curses, unexplained decapitations, mysterious airships, cults, and communes. Along the way you'll meet Judge Roy Bean, the Donner Party, the James Gang, and a nice fella named Liver Eatin' Johnson. Let's see Ken Burns make a documentary out of this! Mature Readers.
