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Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws

Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws

Paperback

Film Studies

ISBN10: 0786403969
ISBN13: 9780786403967
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jan 15 1998
Pages: 349
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

Billy the Kid, Wild Bill Hickok, Belle Starr, Wyatt Earp, the Younger Gang, the Dalton-Doolin Gang and Bat Masterson--these real-life lawmen and lawbreakers have been the basis of so many Hollywood Westerns that it has become difficult to discover where the truth ends and the legend begins. All actually became larger-than-life characters during their lifetimes, as contemporary newspapers and books embellished their deeds for their own purposes. But it was in Hollywood that the line between reality and myth was completely blurred. Each chapter-length entry here first focuses on the known facts of the people's lives and how each became truly legendary during their lifetimes. The reality is then compared to how they have been portrayed in the movies.

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