Dragging Wyatt Earp : a personal history of Dodge City /

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In this book, an essayist explores what it means to grow up in, leave, and ultimately return to the iconic Western town of Dodge City, Kansas. In chapters ranging from memoir to reportage to revisionist history, the writer contrasts his hometown's Old West heritage with a New West reality that...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rebein, Robert, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Rebein, Robert, > 1964- > Homes and haunts > Kansas > Dodge City.
Rebein, Robert, > 1964- > Childhood and youth.
Rebein, Robert, > 1964-
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Childhood and youth of a person
Homes
Manners and customs
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States Local History.
Dodge City (Kan.) > Social life and customs.
Dodge City (Kan.) > History.
Kansas > Dodge City
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : Return to Dodge City
  • The town. House on wheels ; In the land of crashed cars and junkyard dogs ; The identity factory ; Dragging Wyatt Earp
  • The country. The greatest game country on earth ; Sisyphus of the plains ; A most romantic spot ; The search for quivira
  • Of horses, cattle, and men. Horse latitudes ; Wild horses ; Feedlot cowboy ; How to ride a bronc
  • Epilogue : The casino.

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