| Age of the Gunfighter: Men and Weapons on the Frontier, 1840-1900 Contributor(s): Rosa, Joseph G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806127619 ISBN-13: 9780806127613 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1995 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Joseph G. Rosa's vivid and expertly written tale of this violent time combines 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 West, Rosa places them within the context of a violent frontier and the coming of law and order. Complementing the text are twenty-seven outstanding color spreads featuring firearms from the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum (Los Angeles) and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center (Cody). Many of the spreads contain guns owned and used by such well-known individuals as Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, John Wesley Hardin, Frank James, and Harvey Logan. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 978 |
| LCCN: 95004992 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 9.17" W x 12.68" (2.44 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rosa, Joseph G.: - Joseph G. Rosa, (1932-2015), is the author of the definitive biography of Wild Bill Hickok, They Called Him Wild Bill: The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok, as well as The Gunfighter: Man or Myth? And (with Waldo E. Koop) Rowdy Joe Lowe: Gambler with a Gun, all published by the University of Oklahoma Press. |