Bat Masterson: The Man and the Legend
The colorful figures of the western American frontier, the Indian fighters, the mountain men, the outlaws, and the lawmen, have been romanticized for more than a hundred years by writers who found it easier to invent history than the research it. "Bat" Masterson was one such character who cast a long shadow across the pages of western history as it has been routinely depicted.\ "A legend in his own time," he was called in a television series produced in the 1960's. A legend he has become—one...
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\ BooknewsReprint. Originally published by the U. of Oklahoma Press in 1979. After describing Masterson the Western hero, DeArment continues the story of Masterson's later life as a fight promoter and a New York newspaperman. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
