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Billy the Kid was a reformed character until the murder of his benefactor, John Tunstall. From then on his life was on a downward spiral that would end with his death

In the 1800's in the American Wild West, John Wesley Hardin was an active and prolific cold-blooded killer who shot over 40 men

"Roger Malvin's Burial" reflects an American heroic society whose roots originate in the violent civilizations of the past, a time when the gun replaces the sword.

Wild Bill Hickok achieved fame during his own lifetime as the marshal of Abilene, Kansas.

Luke Short, gambler and American Gunfighter. He gained his unusual nickname because he always aimed for the chest and never for the head making the undertakers job easier

Clay Allison was one of the most ill tempered, violent, and psychotic killers of his era and coined the phrase "Shootist"

"The Shooters: A Gallery of Notorious Gunmen from the American West" covers a host of historical mavericks. "Gunfighters" and shootouts are covered in detail.

Kansas Charley is apprehended after his jailbreak. The Johnson County cattle war breaks out.

The governor declines a stay of execution for Kansas Charley. The Johnson County War is halted. The hired Texas killers are set free.

The legend of Wyatt Earp began in Dodge City, Kansas and became etched in immortality at Tombstone's O.K. Corral.

Any time that one is writing outside of one's own era, it is imperative that people, places, customs and language of the day be accurately represented.

Few American West gunfighters have been as commercialized or romanticized as Billy the Kid. Simply, he was a violent young man, who grew up in a brutal time in history

American Legend Wild Bill Hickok was an honorable man who was a war hero, scout, gambler, and lawman who spend most of his life protecting others from crime and injustice

Longley visits Mexico and does some killing, then returns to Texas where the killing continues.

The lawmen find outlaws Lake and Barker in the Hobo Jungle. Lake threatens the lawmen and a gun battle begins.

The evolution of Dodge City, Kansas from a few sod houses to a railroad depot and booming cow town was a natural one considering its prime location on the Santa Fe Trail.

Everyone has heard of the legendary "Billy the Kid." But how much do you really know about this American folk hero?

Bill Longley: Texas gun-fighter, killer, western outlaw, and murderer of numerous blacks in Texas.

Once upon a time, the Western film characterized the lone gunman with a dark past who restores justice to a small town. Since then, the Western has evolved.

The character study of the Ringo Kid is key to John Ford's noble outlaw motif in this classic western movie- and it's the breakthrough role that made John Wayne a star.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale juxtaposes the strikingly similar codes and expectations of a war-like, heroic society against the equally rigid moral demands of Christianity.

Farewell to one of the great tough guys of stage and screen.

Billy Claibourne accuses Buckskin Frank Leslie, of killing John Ringo. John O’Rourke, aka Johnny-Behind-the-Deuce, admits to doing the deed.

Joaquin Murrietta continues his outrageous outlaw life until Captain Harry Love, a noted Los Angles gunfighter, steps in to rectify the situation and heads rolled.

A review of the latest offering from the Alternative Country band, featuring Devil on the Wind, Mrs Avery, Reservoir, and Overseas

The legendary Wild Bill Hickok breathed his last whilst playing poker in the Number Ten Saloon Deadwood.He met his fate at the hand of John (Broken Nose Jack) McCall

John Wesley Hardin killed his first man at the age of 15 and is reputed to have killed nearly 40 during his lifetime.

John Wesley Hardin, at age 21, became a married man. But he still continued to kill and had sent some 40 men to their deaths.

Hardin, after 15 years, is released from prison, becomes a lawyer in El Paso, but his past catches up with him.

The mountains and desert around Albuquerque provide the ideal backdrop for remembering, reenacting and experiencing the Wild West and the Native American West.

Each June, Carson City turns back the pages of Nevada history to the days of mountain men, the Civil War and Pony Express. It's fun for the family and educational, too.

Quentin Tarantino spun a war story into a Spaghetti Western.Through exciting use of the genre, Tarantino offers his version of the "cowboy" reaction to the Nazi threat.

Designed for low-cost training, these rounds have always been in the background of Police and Military use.

In Oscar history, many fine actresses were never given Academy Awards for best actress. A few were eventually given other awards for their contributions to film.

A screwhead-covered gold bracelet symbolizing having one's heart locked up is now an icon & has since spawned a collection with an impressive charity bent.

Although he came from humble beginnings, Johnny Cash became a pioneer of modern country music.

These years are memorable in that all five best pictures from this period also appear on the American Film Institute's original list of 100 best American movies.

In the long history of movies, there have been thousands of Western films. Out of this number, only a trio have been honored with an Academy Award as Best Picture.

There are specific guidelines for those writing in the western genre. Classic westerns have rules that readers expect to be followed.

Doc Holliday was diagnosed with tuberculosis early in life and was a fatalist whose intentions were to go out in a blaze of glory.

Gunslinger Bill Longley: Avoids Wild Bill Hickok, has gunfights in Mexico, is finally apprehended and hung.

The protagonists in the novels of Louis L'Amour are men of courage and endurance. These are men who live by the Code of the West, popularized by author Zane Grey.

It was not just great casts, directing, or scenery that separates these films from others. It was also their underlying themes, all of which are still relevant today.

During the late 1800's in the Arizona territory, a vicious gang of outlaws "The Cow-Boys" emerged and were the first known crime organization in American history.

A review of the 1973 cult classic Michael Crichton sci-fi movie, Westworld, starring Yul Brynner, James Brolin, and Richard Benjamin. 7/10

Claire Trevor as the prostitute Dallas in Stagecoach(1939) is key to Ford's critique of social prejudice and defense of the noble outcast in this classic western movie.