David Ackroyd

Tells the complete story of the struggle that pit Wyoming's ranchers against the settlers who arrived in the aftermath of the Homestead Act. JOHNSON COUNTY CATTLE WAR draws on period accounts and expert testimony to unravel fact from fiction in this gripping saga of the Old West. From the pro-settler actions of sheriff "Red" Angus to the role of the Union Pacific railroad, it's a fascinating tale of migration, mistrust, violence and the end of the...

Presents an overview of the deities of ancient Greek mythology.

In 1851 French Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are dispatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only way he knows-- gently, although he must contend with the unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Over nearly 40 years, they leave converts and enemies, crosses, and occasionally ecstasy in their wake....