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Summer, 2005
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Deadly Dozen: Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters of the West. By Robert K. DeArment. (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 2003. 266 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95.)
      Few images of the Old West are more vivid, or more erroneous, than the Hollywood version gunfight. The names of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Wild Bill Hickock are still remembered in movies, legends, and folklore for their skill with a gun. In this new study, historian of western outlaws and gunmen, Robert K. DeArment, adds insight into twelve of the most deadly, yet forgotten, gunmen of the West. "They were representative of a breed that has long disappeared, but whose memory continues to intrigue lovers of action all over the world" (p. 5). . . .
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