Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters
- ISBN-10
- 0806123354
- ISBN-13
- 9780806123356
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Author
- Bill O'Neal
Description
Sifting factual information from among the lies, legends, and tall tales, the lives and battles of gunfighters on both sides of the law are presented in a who's who of the violent West
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