Product Description

With a scholar's authority and a storyteller's passion, Leon Metz chronicles the lives of famous gunfighters like Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Wild Bill Hickok, as well as lesser known desperadoes who left just as many corpses and whiskey bottles in their wake. Rich in detail, and woven with wit and insight, these fascinating portraits reveal The Shooters as they really lived, fought and died.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #87154 in Books
• Published on: 1996-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780425154502
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Library Journal
"These are real portraits of real men?not heroes or anti-heroes," said LJ's reviewer of this gallery of notorious gunmen from the American West (LJ 2/15/77). Included are Billy the Kid, Butch Cassidy, the Earps, the James boys, and the Dalton brothers, plus many others not so well known.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

"the Shooters" is a fast read.
"The Shooters" by Leon Claire Metz is a must-read for any fan of the Old West.
The author covers both the popular and relatively little-known gunman in a book that is informative and witty.
Some of the characters in this book are the ones you'd expect(Billy the Kid,the James gang,Wild Bill Hockok,the Daltons)then there are others that I knew very little about;Tom Smith,Dave Mather,John Larn.
Mr.Metz wrote a book that gives details about the lives of these gunman without making it boring.Great book!
This book was what I hoped it would be and I recommend it.

Scholarly writing that stands the test of time
Leon Metz is one of my favorite Old West authors because of his scholarly approach, and his unrelenting search for the truth. This book was written in the 1970's, and although there have been many new tidbits of truth that have surfaced about all the subjects in this book since then, Metz's thorough research still stands out. The book shows him to be a master of the Texas and New Mexico cowboy scene, and it is apparent that his knowledge is especially brilliant concerning the town of El Paso. I thought his research was the weakest in the chapter about Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch. But overall, this book tells a very truthful tale of some of the most exciting lives that are remembered from the days of the Wild West.

Read this book
If you are like me and care to know the real story behind the usually embellished legends of the Old West, then this book is for you. Metz offers a personal glimpse into the real lives of the West's famous and infamous lawmen and killers with such detail that you can almost smell the powder burning.

He dispels long held falsehoods and fairly shows all sides of any given story.

An exceptionally fast read, The Shooters is a biograph of men you've heard of and some you likely have not.