The Notorious Luke Short: Sporting Man of the Wild West: A.C. Greene, cartea 16
Autor Jack DeMattos, Chuck Parsons Rick Milleren Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 mai 2015
The irony is that Luke Short is best remembered for being the winning gunfighter in two of the most celebrated showdowns in Old West history: the shootout with Charlie Storms in Tombstone, Arizona, and the showdown against Jim Courtright in Fort Worth, Texas. He would have hated that. During his lifetime, Luke Short became one of the best known sporting men in the United States, and one of the wealthiest. He had been a partner in the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, as well as the White Elephant in Fort Worth. He became friends with other wealthy sporting men, such as William H. Harris, Jake Johnson, and Bat Masterson, who helped broaden his gaming interests to include thoroughbred horse racing and boxing.
Before he died he would become a familiar figure in Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans, and Saratoga Springs, where he raced his string of horses. He traveled with other wealthy sporting men in private railroad cars to attend heavyweight championship fights. Luke Short was always a little man dealing in big games. He married the beautiful Hattie Buck, who could turns heads at all the top resorts they visited as man and wife.
Jack DeMattos and Chuck Parsons have researched deeply into all records to produce the first serious biography of Luke Short, revealing in full the epitome of a sporting man of the Wild West."
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781574415940
ISBN-10: 1574415948
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 157 x 234 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: University of North Texas Press
Seria A.C. Greene
ISBN-10: 1574415948
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 157 x 234 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: University of North Texas Press
Seria A.C. Greene
Notă biografică
JACK DeMATTOS is the author of six books on western gunfighters, including "Mysterious Gunfighter: The Story of Dave Mather." CHUCK PARSONS is the author of "Captain John R. Hughes" and "The Sutton-Taylor Feud" and coauthor of "A Lawless Breed, "a biography of John Wesley Hardin.""