Tag: Wild

The Gentle Tamers Women of the Old Wild West [Audiobook] (Repost)


Free Download The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West (Audiobook)
English | July 16, 2019 | ASIN: B07TVV95WX | MP3@64 kbps | 10h 14m | 266.87 MB
Author: Dee Brown
Narrator: Pam Ward

Popular culture has taught us to picture the Old West as a land of men, whether it’s the lone hero on horseback or crowds of card players in a rough-and-tumble saloon. But the taming of the frontier involved plenty of women, too – and this book tells their stories.

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More Frontier Justice in the Wild West Bungled, Bizarre, and Fascinating Executions


Free Download R. Michael Wilson, "More Frontier Justice in the Wild West: Bungled, Bizarre, and Fascinating Executions"
English | ISBN: 0762796022 | 2014 | 192 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
More Frontier Justice in the Wild West; Bungled, Bizarre and Fascinating Executions reveals the details of more than two dozen instances of frontier justice from the era of the Wild West. These stories of how society dealt with the bad guys-and how the good guys walked a fine line between justice and vigilantism-reveals some surprising truths about the culture of the Wild West. The events chosen are unique, have some surprising twist, serve as a landmark or benchmark event, or just stand out in the annals of western justice.

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Blue Eyes and a Wild Spirit A Life of Dorothy Wellesley [Audiobook]


Free Download Blue Eyes and a Wild Spirit: A Life of Dorothy Wellesley (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9781004125166 | 2023 | 15 hours and 16 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 434 MB
Author: Jane Wellesley
Narrator: Victoria Grove

Dorothy Wellesley was a poet, gardener, traveler and heiress; she was also bisexual and a rebel. She became the lover of Vita Sackville-West, wrecking her marriage to the Duke of Wellington. She was the intimate friend of W.B. Yeats in his final years. On the fringes of the Bloomsbury Group, she had a unique view of these iconic writers and artists. The biography draws on unpublished material, including private Wellesley family papers and hitherto unknown source materials. This is a riveting story of a complex and fascinating woman.

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