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The Edgar Award-winning author of the unparalleled Encyclopedia of World Crime turns his authoritative eye to the American West in this vast catalog of the outlaws of the new frontier and the courageous lawmen who faced them. The entries include Billy the Kid, Frank and Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, Judge Roy Bean, the Youngers, Belle Starr, Poker Alice Ivers, and others. 300 photographs and illustrations.
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"The most extensive listing of outlaws and lawmen of the Wild West ever compiled. The narrative is well done, often with bits of dialogue take from contemporary sources."-- Booklist
With over 1000 entries and 400 illustrations, this volume is the most fact-packed history of the West ever assembled. Crime historian extraordinaire Jay Robert Nash has left no stone unturned in his search for the gunmen, train robbers, gangs, desperadoes, range warriors, gamblers, and lawmen that roamed the frontier.
Contrary to popular myth, the Wild West was not a glamorous land where chivalry and courage were the custom and a man died with his boots on. It was a land of incredible hardships--brutal weather, hunger and disease, and the constant threat of violent death. Everyone carried a six-shooter, neutrality was impossible, and violence unavoidable; lawmen and outlaws lived side by side, and often there was no telling one from the other. Into this land came pioneers lured by promises of great fortunes, ex-Confederate soldiers embittered by the outcome of the war, greedy cattle barons, and merchant princes. It was truly an explosive mixture.
Included in this volume are all the great Western legends--Billy the Kid, Jesse and Frank James, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Judge Roy Bean, "Wild Bill" Hickock--and a host of lesser-known figures who, though they may have missed notoriety, were equally lethal. And while the West was very much a man's world, several women managed to shoot, steal, or gamble their way to fame--including Belle Starr, Pearl Hart, and Calamity Jane.
A compelling read, Encyclopedia of Western Lawmen & Outlaws will be the standard reference for years to come. In addition to alphabetical listings, it offers a glossary of lawmen and a glossary of outlaws, a magnificent photo and illustration appendix, and an extensive bibliography of books on the American West.
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《书目》(Booklist)书评
This work is largely excerpted from the six-volume Encyclopedia of World Crime [RBB O 1 90]. The largest section is an alphabetical listing, with many black-and-white illustrations, of both lawmen and bad men, most of them from the second half of the nineteenth century. Each entry is about one-third to a full page or more. Some women are included--Poker Alice, Belle Starr, Calamity Jane. Following is a section of briefer entries for less important lawmen (only three or four lines each), and then a similar section for minor outlaw gang members, sidekicks, and those about whom nothing is known except that they killed and were captured. Next is a section of mostly full-page illustrations, arranged by the name of the locality or occasionally by well-known personal name--Billy the Kid, etc. Many of these pictures are not found in the usual books dealing with the West. Unfortunately, the index doesn't include these illustrations. For example, it has about 50 references to the Lincoln County War, yet the fine illustration showing masked men cutting a farmer's barbed-wire fence, in connection with this war, is not listed. Preceding the index is an extensive but unannotated bibliography of about 40 pages. This is not very useful, as there is no tie-in with the text. There are dozens of nondescriptive titles listed, such as Shutters West or Rice and Salt, without indication as to why they are included. And there are some surprising omissions even in this extensive bibliography. Ramon Adams' 1964 classic, Burs under the Saddle, is not listed, though its index has 124 references to Billy the Kid. No cutoff date is given for the bibliography, but a random search turned up only one title published in 1981, one in 1979, and the vast majority--aside from contemporary nineteenth-century accounts--published between 1940 and 1970. Finally, it is necessary to make frequent use of the general index that concludes the book because of the three separate listings of names in the text--the full sketches, the shorter entries for lesser lawmen, and the same for lesser bandidos. Despite these problems, the work has some value for reference librarians. It is probably the most extensive listing of outlaws and lawmen of the Wild West ever compiled. The narrative is well done, often with bits of dialog taken from contemporary sources. Libraries that regularly purchase "gunslinger" type books by Ramon Adams, Dane Coolidge, or Bill O'Neal will want to add this one to their collection, if they don't already own the Encyclopedia of World Crime. (Reviewed Oct. 1, 1992)
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This latest volume in the "Paragon True Crime Library" collects more than 1,000 biographical entries and 400 illustrations of outlaws and lawmen in the American Old West. Additional sections include a ready-reference supplement with brief biographies, an appendix of photos and illustrations organized by location, incident, or person, a lengthy bibliography, and an index. Nash is a three-time winner of ALA's Best Reference Book Award, including the 12-volume Motion Picture Guide (CH, Jan'88). A judgmental introduction with comments such as "Belle Star. . .was nothing more than a petty horse thief, an ugly harridan," and a bibliography that fails to include some notable works (e.g., Time-Life Books "Old West Series" volume The Gunfighters, 1974, and Richard Patterson's Historical Atlas of the Outlaw West, CH Jul'85) mar an otherwise extensive compilation of information. Recommended for general reference collections. N. Knipe; Colorado College
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
The title pretty much says it all here. The 1989 volume covers the greater- and lesser-known white hats and black hats of the Wild West. Though the text is illustrated with photographs and drawings throughout, there is also a separate section of photos of the most famous people and places. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.