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Title: Age of the Gunfighter: Men and Weapons on the Frontier 1840-1900 by Joseph G. Rosa ISBN: 0806127619 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12
Rating: 4
Summary: Great pictures, poor text
Comment: It is true that should you buy this book, you will be referring to it again and again for its wonderful pictures of 19th century American firearms which it presents in beautiful plates. All the pictures come from the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum in Los Angeles (for Colt firearms) or the Cody Firearms Museum in Wyoming (for all others).
You will not be referring to its text by Joseph Rosa, the author most famous for his biography of Wild Bill Hickok. His writing style is surprisingly and infuriatingly cumbersome. He is difficult to read, and he seems incapable of consistently putting together sentences that flow. I found myself saying over and over, "this would have been a lot clearer if he had put a comma here, or taken this one out, or broken this long sentence into two, or re-phrased this differently." One has to re-read his paragraphs two or three times very often to follow his narrative. His Hickok biography has the same problem.
One additional problem is that this is really two separate books. One is Rosa's narrative, and the other is the firearms pictures. The index deals with the narrative only. The excellent firearms pictures are not indexed, a handicap when one uses this book as a reference.
Rating: 3
Summary: Nice Photos, but text seems a bit jumbled.
Comment: Very nice displays of guns and accoutrements, but the text suffers. Accounts are often presented in isolation, and the book seems to only follow a loose chronological order. Probably worth the photos, but the book is far from resembling any kind of scholarly undertaking.
Rating: 4
Summary: Nice blend of visual detail and written history.
Comment: Although there may be minor flubs in the narrative this is still a great book. For firearms afficionados or Cowboy Shooters like myself the really stocked displays of firearms photos are a great way to study the evolution of 19th century firearms as well as see the wide variations as well as pieces owned by notably figures. The text is a nice introduction to the era of the gunfighter. It's a book that you'll pick up over and over to look at and enjoy.
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Title: Triggernometry: A Gallery of Gunfighters: With Technical Notes on Leather Slapping As a Fine Art, Gathered from Many a Loose Holstered Expert over the Years by Eugene Cunningham, Joseph G. Rosa, Eugene Manlove Rhodes ISBN: 0806128372 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters by Bill O'Neal, Bill O' Neal ISBN: 0806123354 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: 1991 List Price(USD): $17.84 |
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Title: The Guns That Won the West: Firearms on the American Frontier, 1848-1898 by John Walter ISBN: 185367351X Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Guns of the Old West by Dean Boorman ISBN: 1585747025 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: I See by Your Outfit: Historic Cowboy Gear of the Northern Plains by Tom Lindmier, Steve Mount, Steven R. Mount ISBN: 0931271339 Publisher: High Plains Pr Pub. Date: 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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