Sixguns and Society

Sixguns and Society

Author: Will Wright

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0520340787

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From the Preface: The purpose of this book is to explain the Western's popularity. While the Western itself may seem simple (it isn't quite), an explanation of its popularity cannot be; for the Western, like any myth, stands between individual human consciousness and society. If a myth is popular, it must somehow appeal to or reinforce the individuals who view it by communicating a symbolic meaning to them. This meaning must, in turn, reflect the particular social institutions and attitudes that have created and continue to nourish the myth. Thus, a myth must tell its viewers about themselves and their society. This study, which takes up the question of the Western as an American myth, will lead us into abstract structural theory as well as economic and political history. Mostly, however, it will take us into the movies, the spectacular and not-so-spectacular sagebrush of the cinema. Unlike most works of social science, the data on which my analysis is based is available to all of my readers, either at the local theater or, more likely, on the late, late show. I hope you will take the opportunity, whenever it is offered, to check my findings and test my interpretations; the effort is small and the rewards are many. And if your wife, husband, mother, or child asks you why you are wasting your time staring at Westerns on TV in the middle of the night, tell them firmly—as I often did—that you are doing research in social science. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977. From the Preface: The purpose of this book is to explain the Western's popularity. While the Western itself may seem simple (it isn't quite), an explanation of its popularity cannot be; for the Western, like any myth, stands between individual human consc


Sixguns by Keith

Sixguns by Keith

Author: Elmer Keith

Publisher:

Published: 2016-05-06

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781626546073

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When it comes to handguns, few can match Elmer Keith's depth of experience and knowledge. Informed by a long life of shooting, hunting, and experimenting with gun and bullet design, Sixguns is the definitive work on the history, design, and use of revolvers. Inside you'll find:Detailed photographs and descriptions of old and rare guns and ammunitionAdvice and information about long range shooting, game shooting, and double action shootingLessons on trick shooting, quick draws, and hip shootingChapters on bullets, cartridge selection, and cartridge reloadingGuides for revolver repairs as well as general care and cleaningand much more...A truly one-of-a-kind book from a bonafide legend of the American west, Elmer Keith's Sixguns is the leading gun resource available. This book is required reading for target shooters, hunters, sportsmen, and anyone who loves a good handgun.


Secret Six Vol. 3

Secret Six Vol. 3

Author: Gail Simone

Publisher: DC Comics

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1401263917

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In these stories from issues #15-24 and SUICIDE SQUAD #67, the Suicide Squad has captured Deadshot, and they’re determined to make him rejoin the team. But the Secret Six have some serious objections to that plan! Plus, Catman heads to Africa to find the men who kidnapped his long lost son, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake that threatens to destroy the Secret Six once and for all.


Panama

Panama

Author: Tom Richmond

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2005-03

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0595344216

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In WWII, U.S. naval forces discover compelling evidence that the Japanese are planning an attack on the Panama Canal. American O.S.S. agents Rick Reitan and Kelly Huni ally with a Nazi leader of guerilla forces in Panama in attempt to foil the powerful Japanese onslaught. The excitement builds as the treachery of the Japanese plan unfolds. Witness the passion and betrayal as the defenders go from city streets to the darkest jungle to keep their pact to preserve the pathway between the seas at all costs.


Six Guns Blazing

Six Guns Blazing

Author: Andy Rausch

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Six Guns Blazing contains two explosive short novels featuring historical figures from the Old West in wildly fictional new adventures. The first, Wyatt Earp and the Devil Incarnate, pits the legendary lawman and his right-hand man, Doc Holliday, against a deadly serial killer leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake. The second novella, Emmett Dalton Rides Again!, imagines notorious bank robber Emmett Dalton picking up his guns as an elderly man in 1933 and robbing banks alongside the likes of John Dillinger and Machine Gun Kelly.


America and Its Guns

America and Its Guns

Author: James E. Atwood

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1621893111

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James Atwood contends that the thirty thousand gun deaths America suffers every year cannot be understood apart from our national myth that God has appointed America as "the trustee of the civilization of the world" and even "Christ's light to the nations." Because these purposes are noble, and we are supposedly a good and trustworthy people, violence is sometimes "required" and gives license to individuals to carry open or concealed weapons, which "save lives" and can even be "redemptive." Atwood, an avid hunter, cautions that an absolute trust in guns and violence morphs easily into idolatry. Having spent thirty-six years as a Presbyterian pastor fighting against the easy access to firearms, one of which took the life of a friend, he uses his unique experience and his biblical and theological understanding to graphically portray the impact guns have on our society. He documents how Americans have been deceived into believing that the tools of violence, whether they take the form of advanced military technology or a handgun in the bedside stand, will provide security. He closes with a wake-up call to the faith community, which he says is America's best hope to unmask the extremism of the Gun Empire.


Trumped

Trumped

Author: Francis J. Roche

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

Published: 2018-01-24

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1457560038

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In a tale of intrigue that invokes images of the Lone Ranger and Tonto and the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe, a swashbuckling, reckless and sometimes witless President Trump pilots Air Force One to Iran and North Korea where he takes out the leaders of both countries with the help of a private detective named Holmes. Returning to the White House, instead of the expected hero’s welcome, Trump finds he has been fi red because of Russia’s manipulation of America’s voting machines, on evidence which includes the following clandestine exchange between operatives known only as Sore Throat and Cough Drop: Sore Throat: “We must get our agents into Trump University’s voting machine installation and repair programs. Our graduates shall then go forth and conquer.” Cough Drop: “Can they pay the tuition?” Sore Throat: “No. There must be scholarships.” Cough Drop: “What about room and board?” Sore Throat: “Must be free as well.” Cough Drop: “Books?” Sore Throat: “Russians don’t read.” Cough Drop: “Good. We’re all set.” Sore Throat: “Wait. Russians do eat. What about a meal plan?” Cough Drop: “Done.” Trump himself then continues the discussion with Sore Throat and adds a year’s supply of Trump steaks and Trump wine to make sure the deal is sealed. After going into seclusion to collect his thoughts, Trump joins with Vladimir Putin and has an assassin kill the new president, but after a conversation with Putin, in which Putin recalls that Benjamin Franklin said that if more than one person knows a secret it’s no secret, the assassin is assassinated, leaving only Trump and Putin with knowledge of the facts. Trump then assassinates Putin, signing off with “Vlad, old boy, what Franklin actually said was that three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.”


The Lawman

The Lawman

Author: Lyle Brandt

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-03-06

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1101010649

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Jack Slade pulled up his roots a long time ago to take life one day at a time, risking his living, and his neck, at gambling tables across the west. A disappointment to his family, he’s been estranged from them for years. Then he receives word of his brother’s death—under mysterious circumstances—in Lawton, Oklahoma. It’s been four years since Jack saw Jim, who planted his roots to become a successful rancher. In addition to acres of land and herds of cattle, Jim left behind a fiancée who has been fending off offers on her property—as well as cattle rustlers. The mysterious circumstances behind Jim’s death are starting to become clear. And when fate pins a badge on Jack, he finds himself walking the line between justice and revenge…