Cowgirl Books

This cookbook is a delicious blend of western recipes, vintage photographs, and tall tales. It provides a selection of recipes that are both hearty and imaginative. From Cow Punchers Punch to Texas Two-Step Blackberry Dumplings, the recipes are suitable...

In Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the American West, author and historian Michael Rutter profiles 21 pistol-packin' women. Drawing on both fact and folklore, the book brings these figures to life by exploring their motives, hopes, and dreams. You'll meet...

In "Along Came a Cowgirl: Daring and Iconic Women of Rodeos and Wild West Shows," New York Times best-selling author Chris Enss introduces you to the world of early rodeo. This book tells the stories of the daring women who defied all expectations to...

Buckaroo in Bloomers: The Myth and Mystery of Prairie Rose Henderson Before there were rodeo queens, audiences in the first decades of the 1900s were thrilled by the exploits of rough riding belles of the rodeo. Prairie Rose Henderson was one of those...

Etta Place: Riding into History with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Hardcover Description:Uncover the mystery of one of the Wild West’s most elusive figures in Etta Place: Riding into History with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid by D. J...

Dell Burke was a political and economic influence on the frontier, but it didn't happen overnight. Thrust into poverty by the untimely end of marriage, spirited Dell Burke pursued adventure and wealth. Alaskan gold and Montana copper mines enticed her...

Many women of different backgrounds lived together in the American West. Former enslaved women left the racism of the Southern states to find a new life. White settlers traveled alone or with their families seeking their fortune as farmers, teachers, or...

Updated and expanded for its twentieth anniversary—the beloved book that tells the stories of the women who traveled West.In Heart of the Trail Mary Barmeyer O'Brien beautifully captures the triumphs and tribulations of women who crossed the...

Rustlers...The lynching of Ellen Watson and Jim Averell by six prominent and politically powerful Wyoming cattlemen rocked the nation in July 1889. Newspapers immediately proclaimed that Ellen Watson (mistakenly called Cattle Kate) and Jim Averell were...