The Real West

The saga of one of the most hotly debated events in American history: the massacre of General Custer and over 250 of his soldiers by Sioux warriors at Little Bighorn. Focuses on Custer, the man. Was he a bold hero or egotistical renegade?

The true story of Crazy Horse, the legendary warrior, mystic, and martyr who led the Sioux to victory over General Custer at Little Bighorn.

A fond look back at the lives of Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, John Wesley Powell, and the other mountain men, trappers, and pathfinders who blazed the trail westward for starry-eyed pioneers to follow.

Sweep aside the historical hype and confront the real facts and controversies surrounding Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, William B. Travis, and the Texan defenders of the Alamo. Why did they fight when defeat and death were certain? We examine the impulsive heroics, the fatal miscalculations, and the vain ambitions of three men out to carve their marks into American folklore.

Separate fact from fiction about Jesse James, John Wesley Hardin, Billy the Kid, and the Wild West's other most notorious gunslingers. Here are the gruesome truths, exaggerations, and outright lies about their lives.

A vivid documentary about one of the rarely told stories of the Civil War--the bloody battles between North and South that took place west of the Mississippi.