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.

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.

In “The Gunfighters,” the journalist Bryan Burrough offers a lively look at the legends and myths of the Wild West ... I was taught Old West myths concocted by the likes of Big-Foot.

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 ...

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 ...

Apart from the Justice of the Peace in Lincoln getting shot in both buttocks while hoeing onions, what is remarkable about New Mexico's wild west ... be 90-year-old "Brushy" Bill Roberts of ...

Two notable cultural institutions sprang from Cody’s bash on July 4, 1882: the sport of rodeo and, just a year later, the international sensation of “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.” The Old ...

Telling tales of life in the Wild West was all in ... As an alternate film set to Old Tucson, Mescal produced a long list of iconic films about the West. Now, thanks to a local ranching family ...