Anyone into the Old West? Looking for good Biography recommendations

[shmoogrrrl]

My husband and I were watching a show on the Biography channel about Doc Holliday and he suggested that a good Christmas present for him would be a few biographies about people from the Old West time period.

So I know that Christmas is still a long way off, but I am bound and determined to be done with my shopping by Thanksgiving (I say that every year and fail every year) so I thought that this was something I could knock out pretty quickly. I went to Amazon.com and there appears to be a ton of Biographies. As my personal historical interest is geared more to the South/Civil War or Women of any time period, I am clueless about what might be good.

So here is my question. Do you have any good recommendations for biographies about colorful characters from the Wild West? I got him Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend one Christmas, so he already has that one. Suggestions don’t have to be from the whole Wyatt Earp/Tombstone group of people either.

Also, he mentioned reading something once about a judge back then who was really tough and famous. He didn’t have a clue what his name was. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Thanks!

 

[MICKEY88]

My husband and I were watching a show on the Biography channel about Doc Holliday and he suggested that a good Christmas present for him would be a few biographies about people from the Old West time period.

So I know that Christmas is still a long way off, but I am bound and determined to be done with my shopping by Thanksgiving (I say that every year and fail every year) so I thought that this was something I could knock out pretty quickly. I went to Amazon.com and there appears to be a ton of Biographies. As my personal historical interest is geared more to the South/Civil War or Women of any time period, I am clueless about what might be good.

So here is my question. Do you have any good recommendations for biographies about colorful characters from the Wild West? I got him Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend one Christmas, so he already has that one. Suggestions don’t have to be from the whole Wyatt Earp/Tombstone group of people either.

Also, he mentioned reading something once about a judge back then who was really tough and famous. He didn’t have a clue what his name was. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Thanks!

perhaps
Judge Isaac Parker often called the “Hanging Judge"

 

[allieoop]

Judge Roy Bean??

 

[shmoogrrrl]

Thanks for the Judge suggestions! I knew someone here would have an idea of who he might have been talking about!

Anyone for the Biography recommendations?