Download or read book Gunfighter s Ball written by Forrest Stephen Harris and published by Knuckleduster. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gunfighter's Ball is a set of tabletop miniatures rules for recreating Wild West gunfights with miniature figures and terrain.
Download or read book Gunfighters Highwaymen and Vigilantes written by Roger D. McGrath and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Preface:On the frontier, says conventional wisdom, a structured society did not exist and social control was largely absent; law enforcement and the criminal justice system had limited, if any, influence; and danger--both from man and from the elements--was ever present. This view of the frontier is projected by motion pictures, television, popular literature, and most scholarly histories. But was the frontier really all that violent? What was the nature of the violence that did occur? Were frontier towns more violent that cities in the East? Has America inherited a violent way of life from the frontier? Was the frontier more violent than the United States is today? This book attempts to answer these questions and others about violence and lawlessness on the frontier and do so in a new way. Whereas most authors have drawn their conclusions about frontier violence from the exploits of a few notorious badmen and outlaws and from some of the more famous incidents and conflicts, I have chosen to focus on two towns that I think were typical of the frontier--the mining frontier specifically--and to investigate all forms of violence and lawlessness that occurred in and around those towns.
Download or read book The Old West Skirmish Wargames written by John Curry and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These classic rules launched skirmish wargaming in the UK and the North America. They were played in most wargaming clubs on a regular basis. From stage coach robberies to recreations of gunfights from the pages of history, these rules introduced wargaming with individual figures. This edition includes many previously unpublished chapters. These rules have all that is required to recreate the American Wild West on the table top. Bank robberies, saloon brawls, US cavalry actions and the showdown on the main street are made possible. The basic rules are straightforward, but there are many optional chapters that can be used as required. Optional rules include all the glorious detail of the Wild West: Saloon Brawls, Special rules for Indians, The 'Iron Horse' and Frontier towns and for playing solo games In addition to the full set of original rules, this edition includes extra chapters on various scenarios and campaigns The History of Wargaming Project aims to document the development of wargaming.
Download or read book Wild Bill Hickok Gunfighter written by Joseph G. Rosa and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “James Butler Hickok, generally called ‘Wild Bill,’ epitomized the archetypal gunfighter, that half-man, half-myth that became the heir to the mystique of the duelist when that method of resolving differences waned. . . . Easy access to a gun and whiskey coupled with gambling was the cause of most gunfights--few of which bore any resemblance to the gentlemanly duel of earlier times. . . . Hickok’s gunfights were unusual in that most of them were ‘fair’ fights, not just killings resulting from rage, jealousy over a woman, or drunkenness. And, the majority of his encounters were in his role as lawman or as an individual upholding the law.”--from Wild Bill Hickok, Gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok (1837–1876) was a Civil War spy and scout, Indian fighter, gambler, and peace officer. He was also one of the greatest gunfighters in the West. His peers referred to his reflexes as “phenomenal” and to his skill with a pistol as “miraculous.” In Wild Bill Hickok, Gunfighter, Joseph G. Rosa, the world’s foremost authority on Hickok, provides an informative examination of Hickok’s many gunfights. Rosa describes the types of guns used by Hickok and illustrates his use of the plains’ style of “quick draw,” as well as examining other elements of the Hickok legend. He even reconsiders the infamous “dead man’s hand” allegedly held by Hickok when he was shot to death at age thirty-nine while playing poker. Numerous photographs and drawings accompany Rosa’s down-to-earth text.
Download or read book The Gunfighter written by Joseph G. Rosa and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1979-10-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces some of the gunfighting legends of the West, both criminals and law officials, and attempts to explore the realism of accounts of their feats
Download or read book Gunfighters written by Al Cimino and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into the world of the Wild West and the gunslingers that populated its dusty towns and saloons.
Download or read book A Gunfighter s Gold written by Cheyenne West and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Straight-laced Emily is building a new life for herself breeding horses with her father on his cattle ranch in Jackson, California. However, shes angry, and hiding dark secrets about her failed marriage. When she finds herself in gunfighter, Garrett Stones arms shes even angrier. Garrett Stone rode into town with a saddlebag of secrets he is hiding from everyone in Jackson. As far as everyone knows hes a famous gunfighter, hired to guard Gold shipments for the Kennedy Mine, and has a desire to play Poker. However, when Garrett is forced to take in his late sisters two children he and Emily are just barely on speaking terms. Garrett unknowingly by reputation foils a kidnapping attempt and in turn is ambushed by six of Kennedys men. Emilys father, Jed Thomas decides to hide Garrett at their vast cattle ranch forcing both of them to face their physical attraction and desire for one another. Jed has also been keeping a secret from his two children for some time now and when it is revealed it could blow the family apart. Gunfighters Gold is a true western romance with an Old South Flare, set in the Gold Rush town of Jackson Ca. in the 1860s. This book will have you laughing one moment, crying the next, with plenty of intrigue, action and romance to keep you turning the pages.
Download or read book Gunfighter written by Mark Howard Medoff and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Based on the true life story of Lt. Col. Ralph Hayles (U.S. Army, retired), GUNFIGHTER: A GULF WAR CHRONICLE tells the story of an Apache attack helicopter pilot whose career and life are changed by a tragic friendly fire incident during
Download or read book The United States Marshals of New Mexico and Arizona Territories 1846 1912 written by Larry D. Ball and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1982-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pathbreaking classic on law enforcement on the frontier of the American West.
Download or read book Gunfighters Rule written by William Dunn and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2024-11-04 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gunfighters Rule! tells the story of a boy destined to become a United States Marine. After the death of his father, he overcame multiple adversities to achieve his dream of becoming a pilot. During his decades of service to our nation, he would face additional challenges. Following his life’s story, you will see the trials and tribulations of a family destroyed by tragedies, disillusionment by the institution, and a battle against an internal adversary. Gunfighters Rule! is about resilience and determination.
Download or read book The Old West in Fact and Film written by Jeremy Agnew and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, movie audiences have carried on a love affair with the American West, believing Westerns are escapist entertainment of the best kind, harkening back to the days of the frontier. This work compares the reality of the Old West to its portrayal in movies, taking an historical approach to its consideration of the cowboys, Indians, gunmen, lawmen and others who populated the Old West in real life and on the silver screen. Starting with the Westerns of the early 1900s, it follows the evolution in look, style, and content as the films matured from short vignettes of good-versus-bad into modern plots.
Download or read book Tom Horn in Life and Legend written by Larry D. Ball and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the legendary gunmen of the Old West were lawmen, but more, like Billy the Kid and Jesse James, were outlaws. Tom Horn (1860–1903) was both. Lawman, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw, and assassin, this darkly enigmatic figure has fascinated Americans ever since his death by hanging the day before his forty-third birthday. In this masterful historical biography, Larry Ball, a distinguished historian of western lawmen and outlaws, presents the definitive account of Horn’s career. Horn became a civilian in the Apache wars when he was still in his early twenties. He fought in the last major battle with the Apaches on U.S. soil and chased the Indians into Mexico with General George Crook. He bragged about murdering renegades, and the brutality of his approach to law and order foreshadows his controversial career as a Pinkerton detective and his trial for murder in Wyoming. Having worked as a hired gun and a range detective in the years after the Johnson County War, he was eventually tried and hanged for killing a fourteen-year-old boy. Horn’s guilt is still debated. To an extent no previous scholar has managed to achieve, Ball distinguishes the truth about Horn from the numerous legends. Both the facts and their distortions are revealing, especially since so many of the untruths come from Horn’s own autobiography. As a teller of tall tales, Horn burnished his own reputation throughout his life. In spite of his services as a civilian scout and packer, his behavior frightened even his lawless companions. Although some writers have tried to elevate him to the top rung of frontier gun wielders, questions still shadow Horn’s reputation. Ball’s study concludes with a survey of Horn as described by historians, novelists, and screenwriters since his own time. These portrayals, as mixed as the facts on which they are based, show a continuing fascination with the life and legend of Tom Horn.
Download or read book Carlisle Trace Vol 2 Legacy of a Gunfighter written by Clarence J. Rockey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Haunted West written by Chris Spivey and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One moment sets the course of destiny. But what if that one moment was changed in the smallest of ways? What if one madman's plan actually were to succeed beyond our known history? The Old West-The Wild West, The American Frontier-is one of the world's most familiar modern myths. The time was draped in ruggedness; there was an idealized dream of freedom, and a notion that just one person could shape the world. That myth belongs to all of us. Yet so many stories of truth, justice, and the American Way have been stolen, erased, and never recorded. Haunted West is a game about hope through struggle. It is a game that pieces together the stories of the largely forgotten people of the Old West, the people who have been whitewashed by history. Discover the American experience in the Weird West. Grab your rifle, jet pack, and spurs to battle traitorous rebels in the defense of freedom, join the fight against temporally displaced dinosaurs, rustle cattle to make ends meet, and hijack a train full of illicit Confederate gold!
Download or read book Gunfighter Nation written by Richard Slotkin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the ways in which the frontier myth influences American culture and politics, drawing on fiction, western films, and political writing
Download or read book Gunfighter in Gotham written by Robert K. DeArment and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legend of Bat Masterson as the heroic sheriff of Dodge City, Kansas, began in 1881 when an acquaintance duped a New YorkSun reporter into writing Masterson up as a man-killing gunfighter. That he later moved to New York City to write a widely followed sports column for eighteen years is one of history’s great ironies, as Robert K. DeArment relates in this engaging new book. William Barclay “Bat” Masterson spent the first half of his adult life in the West, planting the seeds for his later legend as he moved from Texas to Kansas and then Colorado. In Denver his gambling habit and combative nature drew him to the still-developing sport of prizefighting. Masterson attended almost every important match in the United States from the 1880s to 1921, first as a professional gambler betting on the bouts, and later as a promoter and referee. Ultimately, Bat stumbled into writing about the sport. In Gunfighter in Gotham, DeArment tells how Bat Masterson built a second career from a column in the New YorkMorning Telegraph. Bat’s articles not only covered sports but also reflected his outspoken opinions on war, crime, politics, and a changing society. As his renown as a boxing expert grew, his opinions were picked up by other newspaper editors and reprinted throughout the country and abroad. He counted President Theodore Roosevelt among his friends and readers. This follow-up to DeArment’s definitive biography of the Old West legend narrates the final chapter of Masterson’s storied life. Far removed from the sweeping western plains and dusty cowtown streets of his younger days, Bat Masterson, in New York City, became “a ham reporter,” as he called himself, “a Broadway guy.”
Download or read book Gunfighter Without Legs written by D. T. Gray and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A psychologist, English teacher, small engine mechanic, welder, farmer, carpenter, public health worker, and milkman: these are jobs D.T. Gray has held. But writing is where he found his voice. As the gunfighter struggled to overcome his handicap for his place in the world, so, also, his author struggled with bipolar disorder to find his place in life. His audience will benefit from his experience.
