Bøker av Robert K. DeArment

Think gunfighter, and Wyatt Earp or Billy the Kid may come to mind. But what of Jim Moon? Joel Fowler? Zack Light? A host of other figures helped forge the gunfighter persona, but their stories have been lost to time. Celebrated western historian Robert DeArment here offers more biographical portraits of lesser-known gunfighters.

In this follow-up to his first collection of biographies of the West's most recognised man-hunters, Robert DeArment recounts the remarkable careers of eight men - Pat Garrett, John Hughes, Harry Love, Harry Morse, Frank Norfleet, Bass Reeves, Granville Stuart, and Tom Tobin - who pursued notorious criminals.

Telling the true stories of famous men who risked their lives to bring western outlaws to justice, Man-Hunters of the Old West dispels long-held myths of their cold-blooded vigilantism and brings fresh nuance to the lives and legends that made the West wild.

This is the story of George Scarborough's life, illuminating his activity as a lawman during the final part of the 19th century, and his controversial killings while wearing the badge - he was tried for murder on three occasions and acquitted each time.

DeArment attempts to separate (Hollywood) myth from reality as he records the history and lifestyle of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Poker Alice and many more professional gamblers who helped shape the newly-won western territories from the Klondike to New Mexico.