Story of the Wild West Tapa dura - 1986

London: Hamlyn, 1986. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Hamlyn. Very Good/Very Good. 1986. Second Impression. Hard Cover. 4to 0600503011 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Illustrated laminated boards. Numerous b/w Illustrations / over 200 Original Photographs. 156 pages clean and tight. Many famous myths and legends have emerged from the remarkable period of the Wild West, yet the true stories of many of the outlaws and lawkeepers are even more fascinating. The Story of the Wild West portrays the gunfighter's West as it was. Most of the book is set beyond 'the wide Missouri' between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the turn of the century, but it begins with a scene-setting chapter, 'Why the West was Wild', explaining how that wildness came about and why it was so fascinatingly unique. The gunfighters, good, bad and - more often - somewhere in between, are the chief protagonists of the book, and they are neither glorified nor condemned, simply shown as human beings in dangerous, troubled times. Myths like the… Leer más