Deadly Dozen. Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters Of The Old West. Volume 3

ROBERT K. DEARMENT

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010, Norman

First edition. 8vo. Two-tone quarter cloth and paper over boards, brown colored endpapers, xiv, 396 pp., foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, afterword, notes, bibliography, index. The author tells the story of twelve infamous gunfighters, feared in their own times but all but forgotten today. The obscure but dangerous men include Porter Stockton, a Texas gunman who claimed to have killed eighteen men; Jim Levy, a notorious gunfighter of Jewish heritage; Jim Masterson, brother of Bat Masterson; Whispering Smith, the real-life figure behind the fictional Western character; Farmer Peel; Charlie Harrison; Dave Neagle; Billy Brooks; Ike Stockton; Jim McIntire; Ed Short, and Hill Loftis. Drawing on historical research to distinguish fact from legend, DeArment explores gunfighter careers spanning eight decades, from the gold-rush era of the 1850s through the 1920s.The author is a talented writer and brings these figures from the Old West to life. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.