In this Book
- John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: University of Arizona Press
summary
He was the deadliest gun in the West. Or was he? Ringo: the very name has come to represent the archetypal Western gunfighter and has spawned any number of fictitious characters laying claim to authenticity. John Ringo's place in western lore is not without basis: he rode with outlaw gangs for thirteen of his thirty-two years, participated in Texas's Hoodoo War, and was part of the faction that opposed the Earp brothers in Tombstone, Arizona. Yet his life remains as mysterious as his grave, a bouldered cairn under a five-stemmed blackjack oak. Western historian Jack Burrows now challenges popular views of Ringo in this first full-length treatment of the myth and the man. Based on twenty years of research into historical archives and interviews with Ringo's family, it cuts through the misconceptions and legends to show just what kind of man Ringo really was.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xvi
- Book I: The Myth
- 4. A Summary and That Magic Name
- pp. 82-92
- Book II: The Man
- 5. “Two-Gun Charlie” Ringo
- pp. 95-105
- 6. The Journal of Mary Peters Ringo
- pp. 106-120
- 7. The Graduate
- pp. 121-128
- 9. The Homecoming
- pp. 141-147
- 10. The Death of John Ringo
- pp. 148-197
- Notes to Chapters
- pp. 205-226
- References Cited
- pp. 227-232
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816536481
Related ISBN(s)
9780816509751, 9780816516483
MARC Record
OCLC
1016808925
Pages
258
Launched on MUSE
2018-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1987