{"product_id":"burs-under-the-saddle-ramon-f-adams-9780806121703","title":"Burs Under the Saddle: A Second Look at Books and Histories of the West","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis immense book, by a noted bibliographer of the West, is beyond question the fairest, most complete and most learned evaluation of printed references to western outlaws to appear until now....It will stand for many years, solid as a rock amid the flooding maelstrom of western myth and legend, pointing up the truth about those men of the past who lived by their wits and their guns. It will be impossible for anyone studying that era and such men to do so without reference to this volume.--\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdams turns again to the books and histories of the western gunmen and outlaws and critically examines 425 titles, most of which rate as 'burs' under his saddle. Ramon Adams' plea is that the writers must stop compounding each other's errors into legend. In this book, with great skill and without malice, he has pointed out past mistakes. His book should be in the essential baggage of every writer on western outlaws and on every library shelf.--\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmerican West\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe value of this book to writers and historians of the badman tradition cannot be overestimated, for Adams has replaced rumors, myths, and falsehoods with documented historical facts. It is a book for all conscientious students of and writers on the American West; henceforth, any writer of 'authentic Western history' who refuses to check with Adams should be, as the judge said to Billy the Kid in one legend, 'hanged by the neck until dead, dead, dead.'--\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSouthwest Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ramon F. Adams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080612170X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806121703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.07w x 1.41d","brand":"Ramon F. Adams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059775205631,"sku":"9780806121703","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_27f6c3d6-fbb8-4d82-8073-8a4e6eb9cce8.jpg?v=1685060261","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burs-under-the-saddle-ramon-f-adams-9780806121703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}