Great Gunfighters of the Kansas Cowtowns, 1867-1886
Author: Nyle H. Miller
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 476
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Author: Nyle H. Miller
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 476
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Published: 1963
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraces the actual careers of twenty-one western gunfighters in seven Kansas cowtowns during the days of the Long Drive; Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, etc.
Author: Nyle H. MILLER (and SNELL (Joseph W.))
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 476
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sarah Smarsh
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-01-04
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1493016776
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Dodge City to Abilene and beyond, Kansas in its early years was one fine place for outlaws, and one of the most violent places in America’s history. Consider the exploits of Jesse James—a sociopathic killer or a Robin Hood who redistributed Union wealth? Or those of Big Nose Kate, whose true identity was much nobler than her reputation as Doc Holliday’s longtime companion. That’s not to mention the dangerous inmate who became the learned Bird Man of Kansas—a renowned canary expert whose life story became a hit film. All this and more is yours for the reading in Outlaw Tales of Kansas, which introduces fifteen of the most dramatic events, and the most daring and despicable desperados, in the history of the Sunflower State.
Author: Leon Claire Metz
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 143813021X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStandoffs, saloons, and sunsets spring to mind when one envisions the rough and tumble early days of the American frontier.
Author: Richard Slotkin
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2024-01-23
Total Pages: 1024
ISBN-13: 1504090349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNational Book Award Finalist: The “impressive” conclusion to the “magisterial trilogy on the mythology of violence in American history” (Film Quarterly). “The myth of the Western frontier—which assumes that whites’ conquest of Native Americans and the taming of the wilderness were preordained means to a progressive, civilized society—is embedded in our national psyche. U.S. troops called Vietnam ‘Indian country.’ President John Kennedy invoked ‘New Frontier’ symbolism to seek support for counterinsurgency abroad. In an absorbing, valuable, scholarly study, [the author] traces the pervasiveness of frontier mythology in American consciousness from 1890. . . . Dime novels and detective stories adapted the myth to portray gallant heroes repressing strikers, immigrants and dissidents. Completing a trilogy begun with Regeneration Through Violence and The Fatal Environment, Slotkin unmasks frontier mythmaking in novels and Hollywood movies. The myth’s emphasis on use of force over social solutions has had a destructive impact, he shows.” —Publishers Weekly “Stirring . . . Breaks new ground in its careful explication of the continuing dynamic between politics and myth, myth and popular culture.” —The New York Times “A subtle and wide-ranging examination how America’s fascination with the frontier has affected its culture and politics. . . . Intellectual history at its most stimulating—teeming with insights into American violence, politics, class, and race.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author: Bill O'Neal
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780806123356
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSifting factual information from among the lies, legends, and tall tales, the lives and battles of gunfighters on both sides of the law are presented in a who's who of the violent West
Author: Al Cimino
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Published: 2016-08-24
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0785833765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDelve into the world of the Wild West and the gunslingers that populated its dusty towns and saloons.
Author: Dan L. Thrapp
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1991-06-01
Total Pages: 612
ISBN-13: 9780803294202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes biographical information on 4,500 individuals associated with the frontier
Author: Roy B. Young
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2019-08-15
Total Pages: 937
ISBN-13: 1574417835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWyatt Earp is one of the most legendary figures of the nineteenth-century American West, notable for his role in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Some see him as a hero lawman of the Wild West, whereas others see him as yet another outlaw, a pimp, and failed lawman. Roy B. Young, Gary L. Roberts, and Casey Tefertiller, all notable experts on Earp and the Wild West, present in A Wyatt Earp Anthology an authoritative account of his life, successes, and failures. The editors have curated an anthology of the very best work on Earp—more than sixty articles and excerpts from books—from a wide array of authors, selecting only the best written and factually documented pieces and omitting those full of suppositions or false material. Earp’s life is presented in chronological fashion, from his early years to Dodge City, Kansas; triumph and tragedy in Tombstone; and his later years throughout the West. Important figures in Earp’s life, such as Bat Masterson, the Clantons, the McLaurys, Doc Holliday, and John Ringo, are also covered. Wyatt Earp’s image in film and the myths surrounding his life, as well as controversies over interpretations and presentations of his life by various writers, also receive their due. Finally, an extensive epilogue by Gary L. Roberts explores Earp and frontier violence.