Wild Bill Hickok Gunfighter: An Account of Hickok's Gunfights
by Joseph G. Rosa
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Author: Joseph G. RosaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-05
ISBN: 0806135352
Number of pages: 216
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
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Book Review: Sixguns a blazin, lead a flyin.............
Summary: 4 Stars
Rosa has written a great popular historical survey of Hickok's various gunfights starting with the Rock Creek incident and ending with his assassination in Deadwood. Rosa even provides photos of reenactors demonstrating Hickok's various modes of carry for his pistols and how he variously drew them from the holster. There is a lengthy discussion concerning the weapons Hickok carried, and Rosa discusses various contraversies surrounding some of the gunfights. Rosa is to be thanked for writing about Hickok because prior to his first work on Hickok there was a paucity of serious scholarship on the man. "Gunfighter history" historically has suffered from sloppy writing and sloppy scholarship. Rosa's writing is the polar opposite. And his judgements and conclusions are well-reasoned and judicious. He has methodically researched most aspects of Hickok's life,and this book is the result of his inquiry into the martial aspect of that life. Although,Rosa should have discussed how Hickok acquired his interest in firearms, and pistols in particular,in his formative years if at all possible. And how did Hickok attain such tremendous skill with his pistols? Did he shoot alot in his youth? These questions are not addressed, but it does not detract much from the overall quality of this work. On the contrary,the only reason the scholarship on Hickok is reliable and good is because of Rosa,and he should be heartily commended. If anyone has a serious interest in Hickok they will want to read this book. Although,if one has not read Rosa's biography of Hickok-"They Called Him Wild Bill"-they should read that first then read this work.
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