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- Dragging Wyatt Earp: A Personal History of Dodge City
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Ohio University Press
summary
In Dragging Wyatt Earp essayist Robert Rebein explores what it means to grow up in, leave, and ultimately return to the iconic Western town of Dodge City, Kansas. In chapters ranging from memoir to reportage to revisionist history, Rebein contrasts his hometown’s Old West heritage with a New West reality that includes salvage yards, beefpacking plants, and bored teenagers cruising up and down Wyatt Earp Boulevard.
Along the way, Rebein covers a vast expanse of place and time and revisits a number of Western myths, including those surrounding Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, the Cheyenne chief Black Kettle, George Armstrong Custer, and of course Wyatt Earp himself. Rebein rides a bronc in a rodeo, spends a day as a pen rider at a local feedlot, and attempts to “buck the tiger” at Dodge City’s new Boot Hill Casino and Resort.
Funny and incisive, Dragging Wyatt Earp is an exciting new entry in what is sometimes called the nonfiction of place. It is a must- read for anyone interested in Western history, contemporary memoir, or the collision of Old and New West on the High Plains of Kansas.
Along the way, Rebein covers a vast expanse of place and time and revisits a number of Western myths, including those surrounding Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, the Cheyenne chief Black Kettle, George Armstrong Custer, and of course Wyatt Earp himself. Rebein rides a bronc in a rodeo, spends a day as a pen rider at a local feedlot, and attempts to “buck the tiger” at Dodge City’s new Boot Hill Casino and Resort.
Funny and incisive, Dragging Wyatt Earp is an exciting new entry in what is sometimes called the nonfiction of place. It is a must- read for anyone interested in Western history, contemporary memoir, or the collision of Old and New West on the High Plains of Kansas.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-11
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- House on Wheels
- pp. 13-32
- The Identity Factory
- pp. 57-75
- Dragging Wyatt Earp
- pp. 76-90
- The Greatest Game Country on Earth
- pp. 93-108
- Sisyphus of the Plains
- pp. 109-122
- A Most Romantic Spot
- pp. 123-136
- The Search for Quivira
- pp. 137-150
- Horse Latitudes
- pp. 153-163
- Wild Horses
- pp. 164-176
- Feedlot Cowboy
- pp. 177-200
- How to Ride a Bronc
- pp. 201-213
Additional Information
ISBN
9780804040525
Related ISBN(s)
9780804011426
MARC Record
OCLC
826855581
Pages
236
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No