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Draw: The Greatest Gunfights of the American West
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by James Reasoner
Sales Rank: 109939
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List Price: $14.00
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
Published by: Berkley Trade December 2, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0425191931
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0425191934
Book Dimensions:
8.1 x 5 x 1 inches
Weighs: 9.6 ounces
Product Description
James Reasoner has been praised for his well-researched and lively, suspenseful novels. Now, he proves that truth can be even more exciting than fiction. Known for his ability to make history come vividly to life, Reasoner strips away the dime novel legends and Hollywood myths to show us how the gunfighters of the Old West really lived, killed-and were killed. Among the true stories he brings us:
€ Doc Holliday's Last Gunfight € The Last Dalton Raid € The End of the Notorious John Wesley Hardin € Wild Bill's Tragic Mistake € The End of an Earp € Gunfight at Stone Corral € The Doolin Bunch vs. the U.S. Marshals € Rourke's terrible Luck Robbery € Shoot-out at the Tuttle Dance Hall € Wichita's New Year's Day Gunfight € Bat Masterson and the Battle of the Plaza € The Sam Bass Gang's Luck Runs Out € The Long Branch Saloon's Spectacular Fray € Ben Thompson and the Vaudeville Ambush € The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James
These are the shootouts and showdowns that gave the Wild West its namerecounted here with gritty accuracy, colorful detail, and all the drama of life-and death-on the frontier.
About The Author
James Reasoner has been a professional writer for over a quarter of a century and has authored more than 140 novels in a variety of genres. His most recent books are the Civil War Battles series published by Cumberland House and The Last Good War (a World War II series) from Forge Books. He lives with his wife, award-winning mystery novelist L.J. Washburn.
Reader Reviews
DRAW, as its title indicates, is a study of many of the more famous gunfights and gunfighters of the Old West. It's James Reasoner's first non-fiction work, and it's a winner. DRAW is well researched, and contains many little known anecdotes about the colorful characters that populate its pages (for example, gunfighter Clay Allison, was wont, when drunk, to strip off his clothes, and wearing nothing but his boots and hat, gallop his horse through town, shooting out windows and streetlights). The book is fast paced, and holds the reader's attention as well as, if not better than, any work of fiction. Reasoner makes the reader feel as if he or she is right there in the middle of the events he describes, while at the same time remaining true to the facts of the events, without exaggeration. This makes for a book that is both entertaining and enlightening, and never dull. DRAW is a must read for any student, serious or casual, of the history of the American West, or for anyone who just enjoys good cowboy or lawman versus outlaw stories. As the back cover blurb says: "These are the shoot-outs and showdowns that gave the Wild West its name...recounted here with gritty accuracy, colorful detail, and all the drama of life--and death--on the frontier". This is one of those rare works that lives up in its entirety to the publisher's hype. I highly recommend it.
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