{"product_id":"the-gunfighter-man-or-myth-9780806115610","title":"The Gunfighter: Man or Myth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe gunfighter was a man bred in a lawless and violent era of civil war, range wars, and greed for land and gold. He played a real and deadly part in a period when men were conditioned to settle differences with gunplay. He shot and fought and killed throughout Texas in its struggle with Mexico, along the Kansas-Missouri border, and up and down the cattle trails. Black powder smoke from his guns darkened the Kansas cow towns and the Far West mining camps. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat part of the gunfighter legend is true, and what part a novelist's or screenwriter's fantasy? What has been the gunfighter's influence on American society-and. for that matter, on world society? For there is no doubt that the shoot-'em-up gun-totin' hero of the early West is a figure of interest and sympathy to people all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell documented and rich with illustrations of gunfights and gunmen, this book is a real find for \"gunfighter buffs,\" as well as for all readers interested in knowing what the wild West was \u003cem\u003ereally \u003c\/em\u003elike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosa, Joseph G.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph G. Rosa\u003c\/b\u003e, (1932-2015), is the author of the definitive biography of Wild Bill Hickok, \u003ci\u003eThey Called Him Wild Bill: The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Gunfighter: Man or Myth? \u003c\/i\u003eAnd (with Waldo E. Koop) \u003ci\u003eRowdy Joe Lowe: Gambler with a Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Oklahoma Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503878836498,"sku":"9780806115610","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7b5a02fa-d645-4973-b066-2772e8bdd072.jpg?v=1730801891","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gunfighter-man-or-myth-9780806115610","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}