Age of the Gunfighter: Men and Weapons on the Frontier, 1840-1900

Great Book with excellent photographs from the old west with factual writing that makes it credible! A great addition to my old west library! If you are a Colt fan you will really like it!

Many pictures which are not in other books. Brief bios of several old west gunfighters. Many of them are not commonly known. Great introduction to this subject. Husband loved his surprise.

Wonderfully written amd fascinating!

I received "Age of the Gunfighter" last night and have only been able to glance through it's pages a few times.On the positive side, my initial impression is that the book is a gorgeous encyclopedia of photographs of famous people, towns and firearms.On the negative side, my cursory glances through the book have shown some significant historical errors. The only sub-section of the book I have any real knowledge about is the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid. The book contains some glaring errors in this section.In a photo, the author mixes up the identities of John Poe and James Brent and states that Brent accompanied Poe and Pat Garrett to Fort Sumner when in fact, it was Tip McKinney who accompanied them, not James Brent.The author correctly identifies a photo of Bob Beckwith but states that he was a follower of Billy the Kid who died when he and McSween tried to escape McSween's burning house. The fact is that Beckwith was a member of the Murphy-Dolan faction and fighting on the opposite side of Billy and McSween that night. Billy and several "Regulators" had already escaped when Beckwith called for McSween's surrender. Something went wrong and after the smoke cleared from the resulting shootout, both McSween and Beckwith were dead.Finally, the author states that Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid with a Colt Single-Action .45 when Garrett actually used a Colt Single-Action .44.I haven't had a chance to read much of the author's narrative so possibly these errors are due to someone else editing the descriptions of the photographs.For the photos alone, this book is a definite must-have for the Frontier enthusiast and based on this alone should rate the book five stars. However, the questionable historical accuracy of some of it's narrative requires me to downgrade my rating to four stars.

I love so much age of Old West and gunfighters. This item is not a book, is a wonderful trip ( full of beautiful and detailed pics) in the old savage country full of mighty people living with their single action army always in their hands.W the six shooters and lever action.Great book and great photos.Bye.

I bought the book and saw the film at the screening. It is a delightful film and production. Beautiful story, some great little tidbits and performances by Sally Kellerman and June Lockhart. I now own the film! Delightful stuff.

Outstanding background of how the law and outlaws grew in the West with fascinating photo displays. A must have for anyone serious about this perio in American history.

This book was delivered in record time and was in excellent condition for being sold as used. We purchased it because my husband loved the book that he borrowed from a neighbor.

Great Book

What a fantastic book. A little larger than expected but that's not always a bad thing. The writings of the men and women in this book are very well done, exciting, and very interesting.Throughout the book there are excellent photos (center spreads) of the guns of the time, which is an excellent way to depict the characters and the guns they would have used during their lifetime.I almost read the book from cover to cover but I can tell you one thing, and that is it will not just sit on a shelf in my libray. It will be more of a coffee table/office book to browse through when I have a minute or two.An excellent book, and extremely well done. Kudus to author Joseph G. RosaReviewed by - Matchlock

If you are interested on this subjet, you got here the perfect book.A deep study of their weapons, guns and rifles with close pictures of them all.And of course, the history of the most famous gunfighters we all know, Billy the Kid,Sundance, Ma Barker... without forgeting the Sheriffs.Huge formate and plenty of colour and epoque photographs.Don't miss this book.

A superb collection of real life actual accounts of how the west really was, the photographic images of the time are second to none, the illustrated weapons of the time are comprehensive and I thoroughly recommend this book to any Wild West fanatic.

Excellent informative book for any Wild West fanatic .