The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild

 

Bryan Burrough is an underappreciated author, at least in my neck of the woods. I love his dry, slightly snarky sense of humor and his hilarious asides in this book. 

"The Gunfighters" takes a look at the mythology of the wild, wild west. He went through all the major suspects, and some not so well known characters. It was really fun, and then I had to rewatch "Tombstone". Which was not a hardship. I love Val Kilmer in that movie. The real Doc Holliday sounds like a super fun guy. Although, I'm sure, the men he killed didn't think so.