{"product_id":"deadly-dozen-robert-k-dearment-9780806138633","title":"Deadly Dozen: Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West, Vol. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThink gunfighter, and Wyatt Earp or Billy the Kid may come to mind, but what of Jim Moon? Joel Fowler? Zack Light? A host of other figures helped forge the gunfighter persona, but their stories have been lost to time. In a sequel to his \u003cem\u003eDeadly Dozen\u003c\/em\u003e, celebrated western historian Robert K. DeArment now offers more biographical portraits of lesser-known gunfighters-men who perhaps weren't glorified in legend or song, but who were rightfully notorious in their day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeArment has tracked down stories of gunmen from throughout the West-characters you won't find in any of today's western history encyclopedias but whose careers are colorfully described here. Photos of the men and telling quotations from primary sources make these characters come alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn giving these men their due, DeArment takes readers back to the gunfighter culture spawned in part by the upheavals of the Civil War, to a time when deadly duels were part of the social fabric of frontier towns and the Code of the West was real. His vignettes offer telling insights into conditions on the frontier that created the gunfighters of legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese overlooked shooters never won national headlines but made their own contributions to the blood and thunder of the Old West: people less than legends, but all the more fascinating because they were real. Readers who enjoyed DeArment's \u003cem\u003eDeadly Dozen\u003c\/em\u003e will find this book equally captivating-as gripping as a showdown, twelve times over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert K. Dearment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806138637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806138633\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 10\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.73h x 5.99w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 70","brand":"Robert K. Dearment","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990374187263,"sku":"9780806138633","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7446f4e-0c16-4e14-9467-5d91dc2dd914.jpg?v=1683304310","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deadly-dozen-robert-k-dearment-9780806138633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}