As much as the “Gunfighter Era” of the Old West was characterized by shoot-outs in the streets, so too was it known for tall ...

In “The Gunfighters,” Bryan Burrough sets out to debunk the myth of the Colt-toting cowboy hero.

Here are the guns that won the old West. Some of the most notorious gunfighters, including Wild Bill Hickock and Wyatt Earp were sheriffs, marshals, and deputies who became famous for maintaining ...

Connecting the dots of Western gunfighting, this locally-rooted author's book shows the central role Texas played in 19th-century America's myth-making.

Charnes has been Doc Holliday and Virgil Earp and Wild Bill Hickock, and can portray any of 22 characters featured in the group's three most popular Old West shows. The 80-year-old retired ...

How Texas Made the West Wild," is fascinated by the “gunfighter era” — which took place from 1865 to 1901 — and colorful Old West characters like Doc Holliday.(Bryan Burrough) Bryan ...

Along with Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane ... We're really more playing Hollywood gunfighters than we are Old West gunfighters. -Really, there was never really too much quick draw or gunfights.

(KCTV) - On Jan. 24, the famous gunfighter Wild Bill was being ... the sculptor. Wild Bill was an American, Old West folk hero. He was known for his life on the frontier and for his involvement ...

Facing him on the south side of the square, writes Bryan Burrough at the outset of “The Gunfighters,” his lively chronicle of a uniquely American creature, was a 28-year-old Union scout with ...

Tuesday marks the anniversary of the passing of James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok and by the ... One of the legendary guns of the Old West, historians believe Hickok carried ...