John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was

He was the deadliest gun in the West. Or was he? Ringo: the very name has come to represent the archetypal Western gunfighter and has spawned any number of fictitious characters laying claim to authenticity. John Ringo's place in western lore is not without basis: he rode with outlaw gangs for thirteen of his thirty-two years, participated in Texas's Hoodoo War, and was part of the faction that opposed the Earp brothers in Tombstone, Arizona. Yet his life remains as mysterious as his grave, a bouldered cairn under a five-stemmed blackjack oak. Western historian Jack Burrows now challenges popular views of Ringo in this first full-length treatment of the myth and the man. Based on twenty years of research into historical archives and interviews with Ringo's family, it cuts through the misconceptions and legends to show just what kind of man Ringo really was.

Author: Jack Burrows
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 03/01/1996
Pages: 258
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.14w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9780816516483
ISBN10: 0816516480
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical