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Title: Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters by Bill O'Neal, Bill O' Neal ISBN: 0-8061-2335-4 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.84 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: LOTS of mistakes
Comment: This book is entertaining and well-organized; unfortunately, it's not very accurate. Some of the author's mistakes are due to credulity (it's possible, but not likely, that Butch Cassidy survived his final gunfight in South America; O'Neal reports it as fact); some to partisanship (he's an unabashed Clantonite in the matter of the OK Corral, and thus again reports speculation as fact); and some to ignorance (he doesn't seem to be aware that Florentine Cruz and "Indian Charlie" were probably the same person). The history of the American West is treacherous territory, and nobody can avoid a few mistakes, but Mr. O'Neal seems to make more than his share. I can't recommend this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: This One is Done Right
Comment: What a great book for Western gunfighter nerds! O'Neal did his research and presents it in a highly accessible manner. I've had this book for over a decade and I still return to it with a gleam in my eye once or twice a year.
Rating: 5
Summary: Possibly the best book in my extensive Western library
Comment: This book is fascinating because it separates truth from fiction. All documented gunfights of the old west are included here (as of the book's writing), & all gunfights that are undocumented are excluded. It's as simple as that. I don't buy the author's premise that if it was a real gunfight, it must have been documented at the time (wouldn't most killers have wanted to keep their killings a secret if at all possible, & wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that a good number of gunfights occurred in deserted, out of the way places where there likely would be no witnesses?). Other than that, this book is an old west fan's bible! It's that good!
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Title: Triggernometry: A Gallery of Gunfighters: With Technical Notes on Leather Slapping As a Fine Art, Gathered from Many a Loose Holstered Expert over the Years by Eugene Cunningham, Joseph G. Rosa, Eugene Manlove Rhodes ISBN: 0806128372 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Gunfighter: An Autobiography by John Wesley Hardin, Mark Manning ISBN: 1840680385 Publisher: Creation Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Guns That Won the West: Firearms on the American Frontier, 1848-1898 by John Walter ISBN: 185367351X Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: With Badges & Bullets: Lawmen & Outlaws in the Old West (Notable Westerners Series) by Richard W. Etulain, Glenda Riley ISBN: 1555914330 Publisher: Fulcrum Pub Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Gunfighters (Old West) by Time-Life Books ISBN: 0783549040 Publisher: Time Life Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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