Louis L'Amour

[Hawk]

At the end of a Louis L'Amour book I was reading there was a mention of his compiling biographies for over a thousand gunfighters. Does anyone know if any of this was ever published?

[Hawk]

Oops, wrong forum... *cringe*

[JenNipps]

No worries, Hawk. Happens to all of us. Goodness knows I've done more than my share. :)

[Hawk]

It's kind of embarrassing to do on the sacred first post. If this could be moved to Westerns, I'd appreciate it.

[Kentuk]

Checked Wiki and LaAmour 'official' site. Didn't see it under his non fiction works and didn't see a work it might be included in.

[JenNipps]

Sure thing, Hawk. SOrry I didn't see this last night.

[Cav Guy]

I don't think *he* ever actually did one. There is such a book out there, though. The title is eluding me at the moment, but I do believe University of Oklahoma Press came out with it.

[Jamesaritchie]

If I remember correctly, he used these biographies as research for his novels. He never complied them into a book, though doing so might not be a bad idea. Maybe Beau just hasn't thought of it.

[JeanneTGC]

These certainly were not compiled by L'Amour, but here are some decent (albeit sometimes contradictory) references.

Encyclopedia of Western Lawmen & Outlaws, by Jay Robert Nash

Wild and Wooly, and Encyclopedia of the Old West, by McLoughlin

Legends of the Wild West, by Signet Books

[Cav Guy]

This is bugging me, because I *saw* a chronology of gunfights at a Borders a few months back (and it was either University of Oklahoma or Nebraska that published it). Didn't buy it, because I had research needs for a NF project, but now (of course) I wish I would have.

Got it: "Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters" by Bill O'Neal (OU Press) 386 pages. Has gunfighters and a chronological list of their verified gunfights.

Another really good one is "Deadly Dozen" by Robert D'Arment.

[Festus]

Howdy Hawk, Welcome to our group!