Stalwart Women: Frontier Stories of Indomitable Spirit (Wild West Collection, V. 6)

Tough enough to walk barefoot through miles of desert and cactus forest. Strong enough to fell a man with a jaw-crunching blow. Wily enough to con the U.S. Army.

Even if you know all of the buffalo hunters, lawmen, rustlers, and warriors, you've missed the Old West's full excitement until you meet the unique women who plunged into the harsh unknown -- mad Mollie Monroe on her quest for revenge, Sara Bowman and her gigantic strength, daring Pauline Cushman behind the lines as a spy.

Life was a struggle under extremes sometimes hard to imagine. Yet these are not fictionalized stories, but the gripping reality of tough women out West. They fought for a place in the hostile wilderness, charmed their way through war zones, and commandeered arduous rescue missions. These survivors didn't buckle when disaster struck, and disaster struck often.

Stalwart Women contains 15 stories full of danger and adventure. Start in the middle or read them all straight through, you'll find that each chapter stands alone as a riveting portrait of gutsy endurance.