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Known for his ability to make history come vividly to life Reasoner strips away the dime novel legends and Hollywood myths to show us how the gunfighters of the Old Westreallylived killed and were killed.. 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 Hollidays Last Gunfight The Last Bloody Ride of the Dalton Gang The End of the Notorious John Wesley Hardin Wild Bills Tragic Mistake The End of an Earp Turkey Creek Canyon Shoot-out Gunfight at Stone Corral The Doolin Bunch vs. the U.S. Marshals Rourkes Bad Luck Robbery Shoot-out at the Tuttle Dance Hall Wichitas New Years Day Gunfight Bat Masterson and the Battle of the Plaza The Sam Bass Gangs Luck Runs Out The Long Branch Saloons Spectacular Fray Ben Thompsons 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 lifeand deathon the frontier.