Praised for his "well-researched" (Booklist) and "lively, suspenseful" (Publishers Weekly) novels, James Reasoner now proves that truth can be even more exciting than fiction.
Among the true stories he brings us:
- Doc Holliday's Last Gunfight
- The Last Bloody Ride of the Dalton Gang
- The End of the Notorious John Wesley Hardin
- Wild Bill's Tragic Mistake
- The End of an Earp
- Turkey Creek Canyon Shoot-out
- Gunfight at Stone Corral
- The Doolin Bunch vs. the U.S. Marshals
- Rourke's Bad Luck Robbery
- Shoot-out at the Tuttle Dance Hall
- Wichita's New Year's Day Gunfight
- Bat Masterson and the Battle of the Plaza
- The Sam Bass Gang's Luck Runs Out
- The Long Branch Saloon's Spectacular Fray
- Ben Thompson's Christmas Day Shooting
- The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James
- and more!
These are the shoot-outs and showdowns that gave the Wild West its name, recounted here with gritty accuracy, colorful detail, and all the drama of life--and death--on the frontier.