Goldie Griffith didn't know how to ride a horse, much less perform tricks or tame a bronco, when she was hired by a famous Wild West show, but she didn't let that stop her. She traveled the country with several companies, part of a small group of professional cowgirls, and in 1913 Buffalo Bill himself gave her away at her wedding. She was married during one of the famous showman's Wild West shows at Madison Square Garden before a crowd of 8,000.

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When a traveling theatrical troupe hires a ruthless killer to guide them through the Wyoming wilderness, King Mabry, his guns ready, sets out to follow their trail.

This collection of short stories of the women who entertained the West in makeshift theaters and palaces built to showcase the divas who were beloved by emigrants to the "uncivilized" West will feature well-known and lesser-known dancers, singers, and actresses and their exploits. Author Chris Enss will bring her comedic timing and long experience writing about the time and culture of the West to this collection.

Describes the life of one of the American West's most entrepreneurial characters. Wild Bill's Wild West shows symbolized everything western. Find out what was myth and what was reality in the life of legendary William F. Cody.

"In Along Came a Cowgirl, New York Times best-selling author Chris Enss introduces you to the world of early rodeo--and to the stories of the women whose names resounded in rodeo arenas across the nation in the early twentieth century. These cowgirls dared to break society's traditional roles in the male dominated-rodeo and trickriding world, defying all expectations. With the desire to entertain crowds and a lot of grit and determination, they were...

Explores how the man who became the most famous entertainer of his time and a legend of the "Wild West" grew up amid a violent regional conflict that would soon tear apart the nation.