Gunfighter in Gotham

Gunfighter in Gotham
Author :
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 377
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780806189116
ISBN-13 : 0806189118
Rating : 4/5 (118 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Gunfighter in Gotham by : Robert K. DeArment

Download or read book Gunfighter in Gotham written by Robert K. DeArment and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legend of Bat Masterson as the heroic sheriff of Dodge City, Kansas, began in 1881 when an acquaintance duped a New York Sun reporter into writing Masterson up as a man-killing gunfighter. That he later moved to New York City to write a widely followed sports column for eighteen years is one of history’s great ironies, as Robert K. DeArment relates in this engaging new book. William Barclay “Bat” Masterson spent the first half of his adult life in the West, planting the seeds for his later legend as he moved from Texas to Kansas and then Colorado. In Denver his gambling habit and combative nature drew him to the still-developing sport of prizefighting. Masterson attended almost every important match in the United States from the 1880s to 1921, first as a professional gambler betting on the bouts, and later as a promoter and referee. Ultimately, Bat stumbled into writing about the sport. In Gunfighter in Gotham, DeArment tells how Bat Masterson built a second career from a column in the New York Morning Telegraph. Bat’s articles not only covered sports but also reflected his outspoken opinions on war, crime, politics, and a changing society. As his renown as a boxing expert grew, his opinions were picked up by other newspaper editors and reprinted throughout the country and abroad. He counted President Theodore Roosevelt among his friends and readers. This follow-up to DeArment’s definitive biography of the Old West legend narrates the final chapter of Masterson’s storied life. Far removed from the sweeping western plains and dusty cowtown streets of his younger days, Bat Masterson, in New York City, became “a ham reporter,” as he called himself, “a Broadway guy.”


Gunfighter in Gotham Related Books

Gunfighter in Gotham
Language: en
Pages: 377
Authors: Robert K. DeArment
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-14 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

GET EBOOK

The legend of Bat Masterson as the heroic sheriff of Dodge City, Kansas, began in 1881 when an acquaintance duped a New York Sun reporter into writing Masterson
Man-Hunters of the Old West, Volume 2
Language: en
Pages: 429
Authors: Robert K. DeArment
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-15 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

GET EBOOK

Until the early twentieth century, life in the American West could be rough and sometimes vicious. Those who brought thieves and murderers to justice at times h
Deadly Dozen
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Robert K. DeArment
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-30 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

GET EBOOK

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 gunf
Wyatt Earp's Cow-boy Campaign
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Chuck Hornung
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-27 - Publisher: McFarland

GET EBOOK

What can be learned from another retelling of the Tombstone saga? Recent revelations challenge the traditional view of Wyatt Earp's campaign against the Cow-boy
Madam
Language: en
Pages: 609
Authors: Debby Applegate
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-02 - Publisher: Doubleday

GET EBOOK

The compulsively readable and sometimes jaw-dropping story of the life of a notorious madam who played hostess to every gangster, politician, writer, sports sta