Texas Bandits: Real to Reel
Citing the adage that "those who do not study history are condemned to get it from Hollywood," popular historian Mona Sizer profiles a dozen notorious Texas outlaws and how they have been portrayed on the Silver Screen. From Pancho Villa - who was paid $25,000 by the Mutual Film Company to portray himself - to Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow (portrayed by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty), Sizer separates fact from fancy in a fun, rollicking look at the bad guys of Texas Westerns. Sidebars ("How...
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Mona Sizer profiles a dozen notorious Texas outlaws and how they have been protrayed on the Silver Screen.
A word about the westernsPt. ITraveling through1Pancho Villa3Viva Villa!24Bandits and ballads282Jean Lafitte33The buccaneer483The kith and kin of Jesse James53American outlaws72Badman's territory80How to rob a train85Pt. IIGone to Texas4Belle Starr, the bandit queen91Montana Belle1065Sam Bass111Calamity Jane and Sam Bass125How to hold up a stagecoach1296Juan Nepomuceno Cortina135One man's hero1457Judge Roy Bean149The westerner162How illiterate were the bandits?165Pt. IIIBorn and bred in the light of the lone star8John Wesley Hardin169The lawless breed179The Hollywood posse1849Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow187Bonnie and Clyde201
\ True WestPairing facts with film myths, Texas Bandits shows how Hollywood artfully reinvented the lives of renowned bandits. Sizer's book pays intriguing and humorous homage to legendary bandits and their frivolous filmmakers.\ — Green, Cynthia\ \ \ \ \ Valley Morning StarTales of the bandits' lives cut to the chase, just like a good director.\ \ \ Valley Town CrierSizer's books pull no punches while she uncovers racy details about the rich and famous.\ \
