The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West

A fascinating history of women on America’s western frontier by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

Popular culture has taught us to picture the Old West as a land of men, whether it’s the lone hero on horseback or crowds of card players in a rough-and-tumble saloon.

But the taming of the frontier involved plenty of women, too—and this book tells their stories.