The Old West

The Old West is a series of books about the fundamental founding of the American Old West, published by Time-Life Books from 1973 through 1980. Each book focused on a different topic, such as cowboys, American Indians, gamblers and gunfighters.

Cover of The Cowboys

Each volume in the series is 240 pages long, and has many pictures and illustrations. They are bound in a padded imitation leather hardcover binding with the series name, title of the book, and publisher on the spine of the book. The front cover of the book has an oval shaped picture. Beneath the picture embossed in the faux leather is a set of cattle horns with a rising sun depicted between the horns. The outline of the cover appears to be embossed with a rustic rope. The back cover is blank. There is no dustcover. There are 28 volumes in the series:

Title	General Consultant	Volume	Year published	ISBN
The Cowboys	William H. Forbis	01	1973	9780809414505
The Indians	Benjamin Capps	02	1973	9780685288061
The Trailblazers	Bil Gilbert	03	1973	9780809414581
The Soldiers	David Nevin	04	1973	9780809414642
The Railroaders	Keith Wheeler	05	1973	9780809414666
The Forty-Niners	William Weber Johnson	06	1974	9780809414703
The Pioneers	Huston Horn	07	1974	9780809414772
The Gunfighters	Paul Trachtman	08	1974	9780809414796
The Expressmen	David Nevin	09	1974	9780809414864
The Townsmen	Keith Wheeler	10	1975	9780809414895
The Great Chiefs	Benjamin Capps	11	1975	9780809414925
The Rivermen	Paul O'Neill	12	1975	9780809414963
The Texans	David Nevin	13	1975	9780809415007
The Loggers	Richard Williams	14	1976	9780809415250
The Chroniclers	Keith Wheeler	15	1976	9780809415298
The Spanish West	William H. Johnson	16	1976	9780809415335
The Miners	Robert Wallace	17	1976	9780809415373
The Canadians	Ogden Tanner	18	1977	9780809415410
The Frontiersmen	Paul O'Neill	19	1977	9780809415458
The Alaskans	Keith Wheeler	20	1977	9780809415069
The Ranchers	Ogden Tanner	21	1977	9780809415083
The Mexican War	David Nevin	22	1978	9780809423026
The Women	Joan Swallow Reiter	23	1978	9780809415144
The Scouts	Keith Wheeler	24	1978	9780809423064
The Gamblers	Robert Wallace	25	1978	9780809423088
The End and The Myth	Paul O'Neill	26	1979	9780809423149
Master Index		27	1980

The Old West

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