Gunfighter Man Or Myth by Rosa, Joseph G - 1969

Norman, OK, U.S.A.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. 229 Pages Indexed. Dark green cloth with red and silver spine decoration and lettering. Owner's name on front endpaper (green). Sixteen page center section of black and white photographs. The Western Gunfighteer was the New world's counterpart of the knights in armor and the Robin Hoods of the Old. For generations he has been represented with an heroic image of the lone crusader who fights evil in order that good may prevail --- a paragon of virtue, beyond reproach. The author seeks to find the truth about the gunfighter as a man and so the mythe must be distinguished from reality. Contents in fifteen Chapters: he Gunfighter Legend, The wild West, Frontier Origins, The Bad Man, The Lawman, Cowboys and Cowtowns, Policing the Cowtowns, The Man-Killers, he Gunfight, The Man, Six-Shooter Rivals, the Dead Shot, The Cult of the Six-Shooter, Bullets and Holsters, and The Legend Lives On. Plus Bibliography.. First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 6" x 9".