Bill O'Reilly's Legends & lies :, The real West

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Label

Bill O'Reilly's Legends & lies :, The real West

Title part

The real West

Statement of responsibility

written by David Fisher ; introduction by Bill O'Reilly

Title variation

• Legends & lies
• Real West

Creator

• Fisher, David, 1946-

Contributor

• O'Reilly, Bill

Subject

• Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Anecdotes
• West (U.S.) -- Biography | Anecdotes
• West (U.S.) -- History -- Anecdotes

Genre

• Anecdotes
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's documentary television series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know : How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman--and was he an African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman bandit" and one of the west's most famous stagecoach robbers? Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid really die in a hail of bullets in South America? Generations of Americans have grown up on TV shows, movies and books about these western icons. But what really happened in the Wild West? All the stories you think you know, and others that will astonish you, are here--some heroic, some brutal and bloody, all riveting. Included are the ten legends featured in Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies docuseries --from Kit Carson to Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok to Doc Holliday-- accompanied by two bonus chapters on Daniel Boone and Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley. Frontier America was a place where instinct mattered more than education, and courage was necessary for survival. It was a place where luck made a difference and legends were made. Heavily illustrated with spectacular artwork that further brings this history to life, and told in fast-paced, immersive narrative, Legends and Lies is an irresistible, adventure-packed ride back into one of the most storied era of our nation's rich history"--Provided by publisher

Member of

• Legends and lies: the real West (Television program)

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

978

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

F594

LC item number

.F49 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography