For every Wild Bill Hickok or Billy the Kid, there was another
western gunfighter just as deadly but not as well known. Robert K.
DeArment has earned a reputation as the premier researcher of
unknown gunfighters, and here he offers twelve more portraits of
men who weren't glorified in legend but were just as notorious in
their day.
Those who think they already know all about Old West gunfighters
will be amazed at this new collection. Here are men like Porter
Stockton, the Texas terror who bragged that he had killed eighteen
men, and Jim Levy, who killed a man for disparaging his Irish
blood, though he was also the only known Jewish gunfighter.
These stories span eight decades, from the gold rushes of the
1850s to the 1920s. Telling of gunmen such as Jim Masterson, the
brother of Bat Masterson, or the real Whispering Smith--the man
behind the fictionalized persona--whose career spanned four
decades, DeArment conscientiously separates fact from fiction to
reconstruct lives all the more amazing for having remained unknown
for so long.
The product of iron-clad research, this newest "Deadly Dozen"
delivers the goods for gunfighter buffs in search of something
different. Together the" Deadly Dozen" volumes constitute a Who's
Who of western outlaws and prove that there's more to the Wild West
than Jesse James.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Oklahoma Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2010 |
| First published: |
March 2010 |
| Authors: |
Robert K. DeArment
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Paper over boards / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
408 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8061-4076-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-8061-4076-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780806140766 |
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