An ‘Old West’ Result

Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show

Freecycle - at least the Rayleigh chapter - is proving to be a real success for me! Laurel was checking her emails and saw a full set of the the above being given away. Was I interested? Absolutely! An enthusiastic nod of the head from me, a quick exchange of emails and a ten minute car drive later - I became the proud owner of a complete set of the Time Life series ‘The Old West’! There was even the introductory free poster neatly folded inside one of the volumes!

It was free - that’s right - free!

“Gonna need a bigger bookcase!”

This was very much a target of opportunity and certainly was not something I was looking out for but, when life gives you lemons and all that! Seriously though, this is a cracking set and will give plenty of inspiration for not only Western gunfights but also such things as US Cavalry actions as well as Guerrilla style combat during the American Civil War, even the Mexican War. 

The set consists of 26 volumes and the titles of these are as follows:

The Pioneers

The Gamblers

The Railroaders

The Gunfighters

The Texans

The Frontiersmen

The Rivermen

The Forty-Niners

The Cowboys

The Mexican War

The Alaskans

The Loggers

The Ranchers

The Townsmen

The Miners

The Chroniclers

The Scouts

The Soldiers

The Women

The Great Chiefs

The Indians

The Expressmen

The Trailblazers

The Canadians

The Spanish West

The End and the Myth

The above two volumes are duplicates so should anyone want them - The Indians and The Great Chiefs - let me know. I do not want anything for them, just cover any shipping.

You may recall mentioning that I had previously missed out on a full set of the American Civil War series a couple of years ago from the same source. Whilst this is no substitute it certainly a great collection to own and one that I am sure I will make use of.

Now to source a couple of dozen gunfight figures - luckily I have rules aplenty to choose from!