WPL Index

Our London-based publishing house currently deals with work emanating from the distinguished pens of the

Publications comprise fully-researched works on both popular and lesser known aspects of the Frontier West. We hope to continue to deserve the comment from Californian bookseller Richard Upton in which he observes that we provide 'something new for even the most advanced student'.

The following works are now available, priced in both pounds sterling and US dollars with postage and packaging to addresses in the British Isles or the US included in the prices shown. Do scroll down further for a listing of our classics, still available from this source at reasonable prices despite vaulting values on the American resale market:

Baronet in an Earth Lodge (96pp) The ‘Singular Adventures’ of Irish Baronet Sir St. George Gore, famed for his epic hunting exploits in early Colorado and other Western States.

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The Guns Long Hair Left Behind: The Gatling Gun Detachment and the Little Big Horn. (24pp) Should Custer have been better armed or would it have cramped his style? The debate of the day is raised again in this new examination by Lee C. Noyes which also contains a rare copy layout plan, from Dr Thomas B Marquis, of the Seventh Cavalry marching in formation.

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The Northfield Tragedy (89pp) John Jay Lemon's book first published a century and a quarter ago, probably within weeks of the dramatic raid by the James-Younger Gang on the First National Bank of Minnesota on September 26, 1876. This is a modern reprint with a foreword by Robert J. Wybrow, one of the acknowledged experts both in the UK and USA of the James brothers and the exploits of their many associates.

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'James W Kenedy: Cattleman, Texas Ranger, Gambler and 'Fiend in Human Form' (28pp)
A tale from the annals of Dodge City in the 1870's. Was his celebrated victim the real 'Miss Kitty' of fictional Western fame? Something of the life of this rich-boy-gone-bad is told here including his pursuit by Wyatt Earp and an all-star posse of the most intrepid lawmen.'

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The Battle for Apache Pass (32pp) Captains Roberts and Cremony needed water for their men and horses. It was to be found only at a spring high in the rocky bastions of Apache Pass where Cochise and Mangas Colorodas held the clifftops above them. Accounts of the participants and maps from Larry L Ludwig tell the ensuing story'. The story of the Battle for Apache Pass from the original reports of the California Volunteers, with editorial by Allan Radbourne.

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Captain Tom Bell and his Legion of Ruffians (102pp) The story of Captain Tom Bell (real name Thomas Jefferson Hodges), an outlaw leader with a gang of 30 to 40 men of all backgrounds and creeds. Bell's 'Legion of Ruffians' pillaged the state of California from the Oregon border to the southern lakes. Tom made his name during a short period between May1855, after his escape from jail, and October 1856. Tom Bell was hung on 4th Oct 1856 but his gang reformed under an equally violent leader known as "Rattlesnake Dick" (real name Richard H. Barter) and continued to commit criminal acts.

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The Saffron Walden Scalplock Shirt (34pp) By Neil Gilbert is the story of the scalplock or hair fringed shirt that occupies a prime location at the Worlds of Man Gallery at Saffron Walden Museum and related aspects of Plains Indian culture.

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More Sidelights of the Sioux Wars (96pp) Contains four well-researched articles; George Herendeen: The Life of a Montana Scout by Barry C. Johnson, Approach to the Little Big Horn River by Rod MacNeil, "I Have a Right to Sing" - The Court-martial of Cadet Marcus A. Reno at West Point by Barry C. Johnson and Yellowstone Interlude: Custer's Earlier Fights with the Sioux by Francis B. Taunton.

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"Horrid Murder & Heavy Robbery": The Liberty Bank Robbery (18pp) By Robert J. Wybrow is a re-examination of the identities of the men who perpetrated the bank robbery that took place on 13th February 1866 and was attributed to the James Gang.

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"Vignettes in Violence". (108pp) This is Volume 1 in a two volume series edited by Barry C. Johnson and Francis B. Taunton to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the English Westerners' Society. It contains a series of articles on Western outlaws and law enforcers written by Chuck Parsons, Robert Wybrow, Jeffrey Burton and Roy O'Dell.

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Black Twin: Dark Lord of the Oglala (18pp) By Gary Leonard. 'My friend' said Red Cloud to the commissioner, 'take pity on me, if you would have me live long'. He was talking about another chief named Black Twin, whom he said was 'wild, like the antelope' but admitted that he was afraid to make a move without the mysterious leader's approval. This intriguing work examines the forgotten power of 'the most prominent Oglala' during the Sioux wars.

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"My Arm was Hanging Loose": The Pinkerton Attack on the James Family Home (48pp) By Robert J. Wybrow as a result of new material this is a re-examination of famous bungled raid on the home of the James Brothers - Frank and Jesse over the night of 25/26th January 1875 by operatives of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. It was during this raid that their mother lost an arm.

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The Battle at Rainy Butte: A Significant Sioux-Crow Encounter of 1858 (69pp) By Brian L Keefe account of the 1858 confrontation that took place at Rainy Butte almost twenty years before the Little Bighorn when the Sioux consolidated their hold upon the Northern Plains. It started here.

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"Stinging Blow" - The Battle of the Big Hole: 9 August 1877 (24pp) By Francis B. Taunton. A short article on the battle of The Big Hole that took place on 9th August 1877 between forces under the command of Colonel John Gibbon and the Nez Perce led by Chief Joseph.

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The Life and Death of Outlaw Harry Tracy (35pp) By Frank James with Foreword by Robert J. Wybrow. This account of the outlaw Harry Tracy was despite its recorded authorship in 1902 when first published was not written by Frank James but ghosted by a journalist and author Robertus Love. Tracy was one of many young men who had turned to crime and Frank hoped that this story would disgust and horrify other young men so that they themselves would not follow in this outlaw's footsteps as such it was described as a fine moral and thrilling story.

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Company C, Indian Scouts, Arizona, 1882 (24pp) By Allan Radbourne who tells the story behind one term of enlistment for a typical Indian Scout company in 1882. The enlistment of Indian Scouts by the U.S. army was first authorised in 1866 and had become routine by the 1880s.

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The Outlaw and the Lawman: Some Reminisces of Cole Younger and Harry Hoffman (56pp) Compiled and introduced by Robert Wybrow and Laura Heywood. Harry Hoffman was a lawman in the Jackson County Marshal's Office from 1909-1917 and was an authority on some of the old time outlaws. He was born in 1873 and died in 1964. Laura Heywood who along with Robert Wybrow compiled this Brand Bok actually met Hoffman in 1959 when she was 13 years-old and corresponded with him until his death. Hoffman had been a friend of Jesse James Jnr and despite being a lawman was an admirer of Cole Younger. Hoffman was also the director and general manager of the company that produced the film that starred Jesse James Jnr, as his outlaw father and in which Harry played Cole Younger. This collection of reminiscences of this old-timer is probably the most complete collection published.

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Wakanyan: Symbols of Power and Ritual of the Teton Sioux (22pp) This is by the late Colin Taylor is reproduced by kind permission of Mr Samuel W. Corrigan, Editor of The Canadian Journal of Native Studies. This work was originally given as a lecture and subsequently published as a paper in the aforementioned journal. In this work Colin brought out the observations of the American anthropologist, Lewis Henry Morgan, who felt that Indian artefacts were "silent memorials" which could unlock the social history of the past.

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"Wash My Hands in Your Heart's Blood" Some Incidents in the Life of Mattie Collins (31 pp) By Robert Wybrow. Mattie Collins is well known to those interested in the James Gang especially because of her relationship to Dick Liddil and minor part in the assassination of Jesse James. There were other darker facets to her life, involving three murders. She was born in 1851 and died in 1936.

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A Blackburn Man in the Frontier Army: The Life and Recollections of Sergeant Jacob Howarth (40 pp) by Barry C. Johnson. Voices from the ranks were seldom" were seldom heard according to Johnson and most only deal with the period of military service. Jacob Howarth was born in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1853, he would run away to see the world and end up enlisting in the U.S. army in 1871 and was then assigned to the Company F, 11th U.S. Infantry, who were serving in Texas. He only served five years but had no regrets and returned to his native country in late November1876 having achieved the rank of sergeant. In 1926 he wrote by request what he himself described as "a simple and truthful narrative of events [in Texas] ... without colouring of any kind."

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Mochi: Cheyenne Woman Warrior (32 pp) by the late Peter Harrison. Peter as many members will be aware died on the 31 January 2009. He had been working on his book about Monasetah and his research had produced a wealth of information on the Southern Cheyenne. This book is a result of some of that research and was finalised by Gary Leonard who took over editorial control of the Brand Book after Peter's untimely death. It is a fascinating account of Mochi, a Cheyenne woman who was as fierce as any warrior. With her husband Medicine Water, she was responsible for the death of five members of the German family (the parents and three of seven children) and capture and taking into captivity of four surviving female members. The attack on this immigrant family took place on the 11th September 1874 on the West Kansas Plains.

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Volume 1 contains a concise biography of George Armstrong Custer by Fred Dustin & Custer's Trial: The Aftermath - A review by the Judge Advocate General Holt of Custer's 1867 court-martial and the Final Action by General Grant.

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Volume 2 is Army Failures Against the Sioux in 1876: An Examination by Francis B. Taunton. This article was first written in 1963 and it was felt that it should be republished. Although it has not substantially altered it includes a new editorial introduction and preface and includes three maps and an appendix on troop dispositions in the Department of Dakota prior to the campaign.

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Volume 3 is "Such Signal Success"? Confrontation Along The Washita is a collection of essays compiled and edited by Kevin E. Galvin, which includes an introduction by Sandy Barnard, a short biography of Captain Francis M. Gibson of the 7th U.S. Cavalry by Barry C. Johnson, Gibson's account of the Washita and the 1948 debate by Elmo Scott Watson and Don Russell on whether the Washita should be described as a battle or a massacre.

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Volume 4 will be an article's on the Powder River Battle in 1876. This is still in the editorial stage and should be available in August 2010.

Ho, For the Great West! (Hardbound 226pp, Paperbound 132pp) Some Reflections on the West and the Westerners; ''Ho, For the Great West!" , These Were the Regulators: Captain Hatfield and the Chiricahuas; James Clements, A Peripheral Gunfighter; The Concordia Bank Robbery, "A Scene of Sickening, Ghastly Horror", Flipper's Dismissal [Hardbound available only]

Portraits in Gunsmoke (110pp) Outlaw Country; They Fought for "The House", The James Gang in West Virginia; Murder at Mound Valley . Price £5.95 ($12.00) to subscribing members of EWS.

Sufficient Reason? (97pp) Monograph on Terry's celebrated order to Custer. Price:£5.00 ($10.00) to subscribing members of EWS.

''No Pride in the Little Big Horn" (80pp) Don Russell; Weir and the Custer's; The Enigma of Weir Point; "Operation Whitewash''? Early Nineteenth Century Crow Warrior Costume; The Army of the Frontier l865-1891

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Missionaries, Indians and Soldiers (48pp) Geronimo's Contraband Cattle; Plains Indians and Missionaries

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The People of the Buffalo - A two volume publication that is a series of studies by leading authorities in Native American Indian ethnology in honour of Dr John C. Ewers is distributed in the UK by Westerners Publications Limited.

Hill of the Sphinx by David Jackson a leading authority on the battle of Isandlwana.

Now Available

“This book remains an essential read for anyone with a serious interest in the battle.” (Ian Knight)

“No student of the Anglo-Zulu War should be without a copy.” (Major (Retired) R. P. Smith. Curator 24^th Regiment Museum)

More comments on “Hill of the Sphinx”

“Jackson’s slim volume is a breath of fresh air. If you are new to the subject, you couldn’t have a better starting point.”

(Stephen Coan, The Witness)

“If you read only one book on the subject of this battle then make this that one book…. Not to be missed.” (1879 Memorials)

“This is an attractive and extremely well-researched work, which deserves a place in the collections of all with a serious interest in the subject.”

(Ian Castle, Army Historical Research)

Anglo Zulu War Research Society Review

The directors have pleasure in presenting the accounts of the company for the year ended 30th September 2009.

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