TY  - BOOK
AU  - Drake,Jack
TI  - The wild west in Australia and America
SN  - 9781921920479
U1  - 909.8 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Salisbury, Brisbane
PB  - Boolarong Press
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Australia
KW  - United States
KW  - West
KW  - Pioneers
KW  - Biography
KW  - History
KW  - West (U.S.)
N1  - Originally published: Central Queensland University Press, 2005; Includes bibliographic references (pages [200]-207) and index
N2  - In this volume of The Wild West, Drake tells stories about the squattocracy, the cattle kings and the land barons; mounted police, sheriffs and posses in the pursuit of their elusive prey; bushrangers and outlaws and why they are so loved in popular fantasy; stockmen, ringers and cowboys; early white settlement and both friendly and hostile contact with indigenous peoples; and six shooters, gun slingers, snider rifles and infamous shoot-outs
ER  -