By and about the greatest celebrities of the Wild West, these are the stories of their adventures told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wrote, newspaper interviews, private journals, personal letters, and court testimony. These glimpses into the worlds of these legendary figures as they describe their own personal experiences, impressions, what life in the Wild West was like, reveal the roles they played in notable events in American history. Featuring the personal accounts of Pat Garrett, Frederic Remington, Geronimo, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Teddy Roosevelt, Calamity Jane, John Wesley Hardin, George Armstrong Custer, William Pinkerton, Emmett Dalton, Deadwood Dick, and others.