Chris Enss

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Chris Enss (born 1961) is an American author and screenwriter. Enss has written more than 50 books on the subject of women in the Old West, and has collaborated with producer Howard Kazanjian on several books, including two about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Selected works

With Great Hope: Women of the California Gold Rush (with JoAnn Chartier) (2000)^{[citation needed]}
Love Untamed: Romances of the Old West (with JoAnn Chartier) (2002)
Gilded Girls: Women Entertainers of the Old West (with JoAnn Chartier) (2003)
The Cowboy and the Señorita: A Biography of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (with Howard Kazanjian) (2004)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon: Women Soldiers and Patriots of the Western Frontier (with JoAnn Chartier) (2004)
Playing for Time: The Death Row All Stars (2004)
Happy Trails: A Pictorial Celebration of the Life and Times of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (with Howard Kazanjian) (2005)
Hearts West: True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the Frontier (2005)
Buffalo Gals: Women of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (2005)
How the West Was Worn: Bustles and Buckskins on the Wild Frontier (2005)
The Doctor Wore Petticoats: Women Physicians of the Old West (2006)
Pistol Packin' Madams: True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West (2006)
The Young Duke: The Early Life of John Wayne (with Howard Kazanjian) (2006)
Tales Behind the Tombstones: The Deaths and Burials of the Old West's Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women and Celebrated Lawmen (2007)
The Lady Was a Gambler: True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West (2007)

References

↑ "Author and historian Chris Enss comes to Deadwood". Black Hills Pioneer. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ Hardesty, Donald L.; Brodhead, Michael J.; Grayson, Donald K. (2005). The Archaeology of the Donner Party. University of Nevada Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-87417-661-2.
↑ "Chris Enss". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ Kazanjian, Howard (29 May 2017). "What History Has Taught Me: Howard Kazanjian". True West Magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
1 2 Farrell Edmunds, Robin (May–June 2004). "Review of The Cowboy and the Senorita". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
1 2 Joseph, Dana (10 February 2025). "Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Have The Best Love Story". Cowboys and Indians Magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ Liebman, Roy (2010). "Love untamed : romances of the Old West". Library Journal. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ "Gilded Girls by Joann Chartier, Paperback, 9780762726790". The Nile. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ Boardman, Edna (1 January 2005). "Chartier, JoAnn & Enss, Chris. She wore a yellow ribbon; women soldiers and patriots of the western frontier". Kliatt. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ Wright, Jerry (2007). "ENSS CHRIS. Playing for Time: The Death Row All Stars. (Book Review)". Journal of Sport History. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
↑ Ankeny, Chrys (12 June 2006). "Hearts West: True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the Frontier (Book Review)". HistoryNet. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ "'Buffalo Gals: Women of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show'". The Independent Record. 13 November 2005. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (1 January 2006). "Enss, Chris. How the West Was Worn: Bustles and Buckskins on the Frontier". Kliatt. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ Holt, Kristin (11 September 2015). "Book Review: The Doctor Wore Petticoats by Chris Enss". Kristin Holt. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ "Pistol Packin' Madams". Simon & Schuster.
↑ Clark, William (9 October 2006). "'The Young Duke – The Early Life of John Wayne' book review". The Union. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
↑ "Tales Behind the Tombstones". Simon & Schuster.
↑ "Women Gamblers, Old West Book Review: The Lady Was A Gambler". Cowboy To Cowboy. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2026.

External links

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