The Taming of the West: Age of the Gunfighter : Men and Weapons on the Frontier 1840-1900
by Joseph G. Rosa
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Based upon contemporary and informed opinion, Age of the Gunfighter tells of a tempestuous time and many a notorious gunfighter. Few of those who achieved fame and a reputation lived into old age. Ed Masterson, Tom Smith, and Bill Tilghman, for example, died in the line of duty. Others, like Wild Bill Hickok, Jesse James, and Billy the Kid, were murdered because of their reputations, at the hands of the law or for personal or financial gain. And the few who survived into old age in the show more twentieth century, such as Wyatt Earp, were men out of place and time, steeped in nostalgia for an era gone but immortalized as the age of the gunfighter. show lessTags
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Age of the Gunfighter tells the story of the tempestuous life and times of the notorious gunfighters of the American West. The book provides a vivid account of this violent time, combining contemporary accounts with meticulous historical research and an unjaundiced appraisal of the facts. Telling the story of every major gunfighter, peace officer, and outlaw of the American West, John Westwood places them in the context of an unpredictable frontier and the coming of law and order.
Part of a 3-book set. Loaded with great photos, maps, and readable information on the gunfighters.
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- People/Characters
- William 'Bloody Bill' Anderson; Buffalo Bill Cody
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- USA
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- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 978 — History & geography History of North America Western United States
- LCC
- F596 .R834 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains
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- Languages
- English, French
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- ISBNs
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