| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 39.3

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Deadly Dozen: Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West, Volume 2. By Robert K. DeArment. (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 2007. x + 351 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95.)

Of the many romantic western images recounted in history, cinema, and fiction, few are more frequently dramatized than the gunfighter. Armed with a six-shooter, rifle, or shotgun, the gun-fighter is a western icon. Often exaggerated, the stories of famous gunmen are written and re-enacted on stage and screen for each new generation of enthusiasts. DeArment assists readers in understanding the pervasive use of guns in the West. There were thousands of gunfights and tens-of-thousands who carried guns. "Because of their skill with weapons and lack of hesitance in using them ... gunmen were inevitably drawn into the family feuds, range wars, mining claim battles, struggles to establish the rule of law, and economic and political conflicts that raged on the advancing frontier" (p. 219). "Think gunfighter, and Wyatt Earp or Billy the Kid may come to mind, but what of Jim Moon, Joel Fowler, Zack Light" (front flap)? In this companion study to Deadly Dozen, Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West (Norman, 2003) historian of western outlaws and gunmen, Robert K. DeArment details the gun careers of another dozen deadly, yet largely forgotten, gunmen.

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