Dan Rottenberg

The title is a bit misleading (and probably picked by the publisher), Slade wasn't really a gunfighter, but instead a much more interesting and complex character. A soldier in the Mexican-American War, he became a freighter in the West when that was a very dangerous occupation and then became one of the top field managers for the overland stage and mail lines. The author writes not only about Slade (of whom we really don't know that much about) but really (and enjoyably) goes in-depth on show more many major aspects of the West in the 1850s and early 1860's. Those inclined to verify the author's facts will be happy to peruse the ninety pages of notes and a large biography. Highly recommended. show less

Laudatory biography of a leading oligarch, partner and guide
of the young J.P. Morgan on behalf of J.P.'s father, British banker Junius. Based in Philadelphia from 1872, Drexel and Morgan led the attack that overthrew the American nationalist industrialists, in a war against Jay Cooke and the Philadelphia interests associated with Henry C. Carey

Good history of Western gunfighter. No relation!

NO OF PAGES: 401 SUB CAT I: Genealogy SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: The author contends that most Jews can trace their families back many generations, possibly into the Middle Ages, and he shows how it can be done.NOTES: SUBTITLE: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy