Meticulously compiled reference is the authoritative guide to everything in print about lawmen and the lawless-from Billy the Kid and Joaquín Murieta, to the Earp brothers of Tombstone and the painted ladies of frontier cow towns. Nearly 2,500 entries taken from newspaper files, court records and other sources, arranged alphabetically by author comprise an indispensable book for libraries, students of western history, and Americana enthusiasts.