| Title |
The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild.
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| Names |
Burrough, Bryan.
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| Book Number |
LP031927
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| Title Status |
Active
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| Medium |
Large Type
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| Annotation |
For Three decades at the end of the 1800s, a big swath of the American West was a crucible of change, with the highest murder rate per capita in American history. The reasons behind this boil down to one word: Texas. Texas was born in violence, on two fronts, with Mexico to the south and the Comanche to the north. The collapse of the Confederacy and the presence of a thin veneer of Northern occupiers turned the heat up further. The Gunfighters brilliantly sifts the lies from the truth, giving both elements their due. To understand the truth of the Wild West is to understand a crucial dimension of the American story.
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| Language |
English
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| Local Subject |
US - Western United States - 978
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United States - History - 973
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Adventure, NonFiction - ADNF
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Crime - 364C
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Crime - True crime stories - 364T
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Western - NonFiction - WESN
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| Audience Notes |
A
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| Publication Info |
0
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