Bat Masterson: The Man and the Legend - Couverture souple

DeArment, Robert K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0806122218 ISBN 13 : 9780806122212

Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 1989

Synopsis

The colorful figures of the western American frontier, the Indian fighters, the mountain men, the outlaws, and the lawmen, have been romanticized for more than a hundred years by writers who found it easier to invent history than the research it. Bat Masterson was one such character who cast a long shadow across the pages of western history as it has been routinely depicted.

A legend in his own time, he was called in a television series produced in the 1960's. A legend he has become--one firmly fixed in the popular imagination. But in his own time W.B. Masterson was a man, a less-than-perfect creature subject to the same temptations and vices as his fellows, albeit one who, through circumstance and inclination, led an exciting life in an exciting time and place. As buffalo hunter, army scout, peace officer, professional gambler, sportsman, promoter, and newspaperman, Masterson's career was stormy and eventful.

Surprising to many readers will be the account of Masterson's career after his peace officer days, during his employment as a sports writer and columnist. The gun-toting western peace officer reputed to have killed more men than Billy the Kid (not so, says DeArment) spent his last years happily in New York City, writing for a nationally known newspaper.

This book, the product of more than twenty years of research, separates fact from fiction to extricate the story of his life from the legend that has enmeshed it. It is the most complete biography of Bat Masterson ever written.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert K. DeArment (1925-2021) was a University of Toledo, Ohio, graduate whose research and writing focused on nineteenth-century American history, especially outlaws and law enforcement in the frontier West. He is the author of Bat Masterson: The Man and the Legend and the three-volume Deadly Dozen: Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Oklahoma Press
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0806122218
• ISBN 13: 9780806122212
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible