Think gunfighter, and Wyatt Earp or Billy the Kid may come to
mind, but what of Jim Moon? Joel Fowler? Zack Light? A host of
other figures helped forge the gunfighter persona, but their
stories have been lost to time. In a sequel to his "Deadly Dozen,"
celebrated western historian Robert K. DeArment now offers more
biographical portraits of lesser-known gunfighters--men who perhaps
weren't glorified in legend or song, but who were rightfully
notorious in their day.
DeArment has tracked down stories of gunmen from throughout the
West--characters you won't find in any of today's western history
encyclopedias but whose careers are colorfully described here.
Photos of the men and telling quotations from primary sources make
these characters come alive.
In giving these men their due, DeArment takes readers back to
the gunfighter culture spawned in part by the upheavals of the
Civil War, to a time when deadly duels were part of the social
fabric of frontier towns and the Code of the West was real. His
vignettes offer telling insights into conditions on the frontier
that created the gunfighters of legend.
These overlooked shooters never won national headlines but made
their own contributions to the blood and thunder of the Old West:
people less than legends, but all the more fascinating because they
were real. Readers who enjoyed DeArment's "Deadly Dozen" will find
this book equally captivating--as gripping as a showdown, twelve
times over.
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