the Wild West shows of the American frontier. People Gunfighter List of American Old West outlaws: list of known outlaws and gunfighters of the American frontier popularly known as the "Wild West". List of cowboys and cowgirls List of Western lawmen: list of notable law enforcement officials of the American frontier. They occupied positions as sheriff, marshal, Texas Rangers, and others. Schoolmarm: A female teacher that usually works in an one-room schoolhouse :Category:Gunslingers of the American Old West :Category:Lawmen of the American Old West :Category:Outlaws of the American Old West Study Desert Magazine Journal of the West True West Magazine Western History Association Literature Chris Enss: author of historical nonfiction that documents the forgotten women of the Old West. Zane Grey: author of many popular novels on the Old West Karl May: best selling German writer of all time, noted chiefly for wild west books set in the American West. Lorin Morgan-Richards: author of Old West titles and The Goodbye Family series. Winnetou: American-Indian hero of several novels written by Karl May. Games Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier: an award-winning alternate history western role-playing gaming. Boot Hill: One of the early alternative RPGs from TSR and using a similar system to Dungeons & Dragons. Deadlands: an alternate history western horror role-playing game. Dust Devils: a western role-playing game modeled after Clint Eastwood films and similar darker Westerns. The Red Dead series takes place in the days of the Wild West. List of Western computer and video games: a list of computer and video games patterned after Westerns. Explanatory notes References Further reading Surveys Billington, Ray Allen, and Martin Ridge. Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier (5th ed. 2001); 892 pp; textbook with 160 –pp of detailed annotated bibliographies older edition online; also online 2001 abridged edition to borrow Billington, Ray Allen. The Far Western frontier, 1830–1860 (1962), Wide-ranging scholarly survey; online free Clark, Thomas D. The rampaging frontier: Manners and humors of pioneer days in the South and the Middle West (1939). Deverell, William, ed. A Companion to the American West (Blackwell Companions to American History) (2004); 572 pp excerpt and text search Hawgood, John A. America's Western Frontiers (1st ed. 1967); 234 pp; textbook covering pre-Columbian era through the mid-twentieth century Heard, J. Norman. Handbook of the American Frontier (5 vol Scarecrow Press, 1987–98); Covers 1: The Southeastern Woodlands, 2: The Northeastern Woodlands, 3: The Great Plains,