In the aftermath of the Civil War, Jesse James and his gang embark on a brutal campaign of violence that blurs the line between robbery and domestic terrorism; legend makes Jesse James out to be a heroic bandit, but the truth lies somewhere darker.
Frontiersman and Army officer Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson's many accomplishments are exaggerated in news stories and dime novels.
John Henry Holliday is a respectable Atlanta dentist diagnosed with a terminal disease; he resorts to a risky life of gambling and violence and meets Wyatt Earp, a bonafide outlaw with a story all his own.
Accounts from historians and direct descendants paint a portrait of the Old West gunfighter and gambler known as "Wild Bill" Hickok.
David Crockett is much more than his legend as a backwoods hero of the western frontier; in truth, he was an aspiring American statesman who made a bold move to secure his political future, only to bring himself to an early demise.
Following the California gold rush, Wells Fargo becomes one of the most successful enterprises in the west; its ubiquitous stagecoaches cross the country, making it a target for the gentleman bandit, a thief who takes a different approach to robbery.
Possibly the West's most notorious outlaw, William Bonney kills his first man at just seventeen; soon Billy the Kid joins a gang of murderers and thieves; evidence suggests that the story of Billy the Kid continues.
George Custer is called upon to lead the government's battle to tame the west; he and his men are obliterated at Little Bighorn; they might have survived, if Custer's fellow officers acted differently.
A profile of Bass Reeves, a former slave who became a deputy U.S. marshal and is thought to be the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.