Old West Showdown

<P>The real lives of the historic figures in <I>Old West Showdown </I>are shrouded in controversy and myth. Was Jesse James a Southern Son fighting for the cause of the fallen Confederacy or a blood-thirsty cutthroat justly pursued by the authorities? Was Billy the Kid a misunderstood youth or a cold-blooded killer? Did Buffalo Bill Cody truly ride for the Pony Express as a young man? Or was he just a blowhard who trumped up his own past in an attempt to seem more heroic in the eyes of audiences attending his Wild West shows? In <I>Old West Showdown</I> dueling authors Bill Markley and Kellen Cutsforth draw on fact and folklore to present opposing viewpoints pertaining to controversies surrounding some of the most well-known characters and events in the history of the Old West. <BR /><BR /></P>