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Author: Forrest Stephen Harris
Publisher: Knuckleduster
Published: 2018-06-18
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9780966704662
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGunfighter's Ball is a set of tabletop miniatures rules for recreating Wild West gunfights with miniature figures and terrain.
Author: Roger D. McGrath
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2023-11-10
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0520341732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the Preface:On the frontier, says conventional wisdom, a structured society did not exist and social control was largely absent; law enforcement and the criminal justice system had limited, if any, influence; and danger--both from man and from the elements--was ever present. This view of the frontier is projected by motion pictures, television, popular literature, and most scholarly histories. But was the frontier really all that violent? What was the nature of the violence that did occur? Were frontier towns more violent that cities in the East? Has America inherited a violent way of life from the frontier? Was the frontier more violent than the United States is today? This book attempts to answer these questions and others about violence and lawlessness on the frontier and do so in a new way. Whereas most authors have drawn their conclusions about frontier violence from the exploits of a few notorious badmen and outlaws and from some of the more famous incidents and conflicts, I have chosen to focus on two towns that I think were typical of the frontier--the mining frontier specifically--and to investigate all forms of violence and lawlessness that occurred in and around those towns.
Author: Joseph G. Rosa
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1979-10-01
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780806115610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces some of the gunfighting legends of the West, both criminals and law officials, and attempts to explore the realism of accounts of their feats
Author: William Dunn
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Published: 2024-11-04
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1662957475
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGunfighters Rule! tells the story of a boy destined to become a United States Marine. After the death of his father, he overcame multiple adversities to achieve his dream of becoming a pilot. During his decades of service to our nation, he would face additional challenges. Following his life’s story, you will see the trials and tribulations of a family destroyed by tragedies, disillusionment by the institution, and a battle against an internal adversary. Gunfighters Rule! is about resilience and determination.
Author: Terry Pluto
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-07-19
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 1439127522
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. What do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. The NBA may have won the financial battle, but the ABA won the artistic war. With its stress on wide-open individual play, the adoption of the 3-point shot and pressing defense, and the encouragement of flashy moves and flying dunks, today's NBA is still—decades later —just the ABA without the red, white and blue ball. Loose Balls is, after all these years, the definitive and most widely respected history of the ABA. It's a wild ride through some of the wackiest, funniest, strangest times ever to hit pro sports—told entirely through the (often incredible) words of those who played, wrote and connived their way through the league's nine seasons.
Author: Larry D. Ball
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 1982-02
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780826306173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe pathbreaking classic on law enforcement on the frontier of the American 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: John Curry
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017-05-30
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780244609573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese classic rules launched skirmish wargaming in the UK and the North America. They were played in most wargaming clubs on a regular basis. From stage coach robberies to recreations of gunfights from the pages of history, these rules introduced wargaming with individual figures. This edition includes many previously unpublished chapters. These rules have all that is required to recreate the American Wild West on the table top. Bank robberies, saloon brawls, US cavalry actions and the showdown on the main street are made possible. The basic rules are straightforward, but there are many optional chapters that can be used as required. Optional rules include all the glorious detail of the Wild West: Saloon Brawls, Special rules for Indians, The 'Iron Horse' and Frontier towns and for playing solo games In addition to the full set of original rules, this edition includes extra chapters on various scenarios and campaigns The History of Wargaming Project aims to document the development of wargaming.
Author: Gordon A. Hunsaker
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2010-03-02
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 1450207227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmid the backdrop of World War II, race riots, and police corruption, a white police officer in Phoenix, Arizona, guns down an on-duty, black cop from his same department. The communitys residents pick sides, and while the second trial ends in an acquittal, the battle isnt over. The detective, Frenchy Navarre, returns to duty but is shot dead when he encounters Officer Joe Davis, the slain officers partner. This is just one of the fascinating tales told by Gordon A. Hunsaker, who also recalls: Surviving his youth on the streets of Los Angeles Fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War A series of stories that cops normally only tell each other Piloting helicopters and airplanes while on the job Battling his toughest opponent cancer And much more! This compilation of musings, observations, and police lore is insightful, thought- provoking and, at times, just darn spooky. Any Arizona resident, law enforcement officer or lover of history will be thrilled to enter the exciting world of Gunfights & Gunfighters.
Author: David Hackett Fischer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1991-03-14
Total Pages: 981
ISBN-13: 019974369X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.
