The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild (Registration Required)
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The “Wild West” gunfighter is such a stock figure in our popular culture that some dismiss it all as a corny myth, more a product of dime novels and B movies than a genuinely important American history. In fact, as Bryan Burrough shows us in his dazzling and fast-paced new book, there’s much more below the surface. When the first newspapermen and audiences discovered what good copy this all was, the flywheel of mythmaking started spinning. It’s never stopped.
The Gunfighters brilliantly sifts the lies from the truth, giving both elements their due. And the truth is sufficiently wild for any but the most unhinged tastes. All the legendary figures are here, and their escapades are told with great flair—good, bad, and ugly. Burrough knits these histories together into something much deeper and more provocative than simply the sum of its parts. To understand the truth of the Wild West is to understand a crucial dimension of the American story.
This author talk will be a virtual/projected event for in-person attendees, held in the Centennial Auditorium, but patrons also have the option to "attend" from the comfort of their own home via Zoom.
Link to register: https://tinyurl.com/58vuybmy
A Zoom link will be sent via email a day or two beforehand to virtual participants.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase before, during, and after the Event.
More information can be found at dearbornlibrary.org or by calling (313)943-2330. Follow the Dearborn Public Library on Facebook and Instagram to learn about other upcoming events and announcements.
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The Gunfighters brilliantly sifts the lies from the truth, giving both elements their due. And the truth is sufficiently wild for any but the most unhinged tastes. All the legendary figures are here, and their escapades are told with great flair—good, bad, and ugly. Burrough knits these histories together into something much deeper and more provocative than simply the sum of its parts. To understand the truth of the Wild West is to understand a crucial dimension of the American story.
This author talk will be a virtual/projected event for in-person attendees, held in the Centennial Auditorium, but patrons also have the option to "attend" from the comfort of their own home via Zoom.
Link to register: https://tinyurl.com/58vuybmy
A Zoom link will be sent via email a day or two beforehand to virtual participants.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase before, during, and after the Event.
More information can be found at dearbornlibrary.org or by calling (313)943-2330. Follow the Dearborn Public Library on Facebook and Instagram to learn about other upcoming events and announcements.
Get Tickets
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