Triggernometry
A Gallery of Gunfighters
Published on 9. August 2016
414 pages
978-1-78720-086-9 (ISBN)
Description
This widely regarded classic represents a volume of biographies of numerous master gunfighters, including such notables as John Wesley Hardin, Billy the Kid, Dallas Stoudenmire, Sam Bass, Wild Bill Hickok, Butch Cassidy, and Tom Horn. Himself a Westerner familiar with the feel of pistol and rifle, Cunningham knew firsthand several of the Texas gunfighters featured in his book, the product of more than 35 years of research, interviews, and writing.
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- DEDICATION
- FOREWORD BY EUGENE MANLOVE RHODES
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- THE GUNMAN
- CHAPTER I-BREED OF THE BORDER-BILL LONGLEY
- CHAPTER II-FORTY NOTCHES-JOHN WESLEY HARDIN
- CHAPTER III-ONE NIGHT IN SAN ANTON'-BEN THOMPSON
- CHAPTER IV-TOMBSTONE'S DEPUTY-"BILLY" BREAKENRIDGE
- CHAPTER V-SURE-THING KILLER-BILLY THE KID
- CHAPTER VI-TWO-GUN MARSHAL-DALLAS STOUDENMIRE
- CHAPTER VII-BEHIND THE STAR-"JIM" GILLETT
- CHAPTER VIII-"THE HAMMER THUMB"-LONG-HAIRED JIM COURTRIGHT
- CHAPTER IX-BAYARD OF THE CHAPARRAL-RANGER CAPTAIN JOHN R. HUGHES
- CHAPTER X-THE LITTLE WOLF-BASS OUTLAW
- CHAPTER XI-"THE MAGNIFICENT"-WILD BILL HICKOK
- CHAPTER XII-"HE WAS BORN IN INDIANA"-SAM BASS
- CHAPTER XIII-SHERIFF OF COCHISE-JOHN SLAUGHTER
- CHAPTER XIV-"RUSH ONE RANGER"-CAPTAIN BILL MCDONALD
- CHAPTER XV-BOSS OF THE WILD BUNCH-BUTCH CASSIDY
- CHAPTER XVI-"RAILROADED?"-TOM HORN
- CHAPTER XVII-ONE MAN ARMY CORPS-LEE CHRISTMAS
- CHAPTER XVIII-TRIGGERNOMETRY
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER
