[Dithsoer]

Does anyone happen to know of any books on the gunslinger mystique? Both modern and historical (i.e. old west), dealing with the people, the guns and the ethics of those who have dedicated themselves to a life of mastering it ( such heroes as Mcgivern, Hickock, Masterson and Kieth come to mind, not to mention such modern greats as Miculek ).

[DixieTexian]

Not exactly what you are looking for, but the book Draw, The Greatest Gunfights of the American West by James Reasoner has some pretty interesting stories in it.

[ACP230]

I am reading, and enjoying, this one, The Gunfighters: True Tales of Outlaws, Lawmen, and Indians on the Texas Frontier by Col. Charles Askins.

It's sold by Paladin Press.

[ACP230]

Double tap.

[Cap n Ball]

Triggernometry: A Gallery of Gunfighters : With Technical Notes on Leather Slapping As a Fine Art, Gathered from Many a Loose Holstered Expert over the Years

by Eugene Cunningham


Great read! Available at Amazon.

[Dithsoer]

Sounds pretty much like what I'm looking for. Anyone read "Fast and fancy revolver shooting" by Ed Mcgivern? Is this a worthwhile read? Joseph G. Rosa's "Age of the Gunfighter" is a must read in my opinion for anyone interested in the heritage of the revolver. The photographs are breathtaking.

[ACP230]

I have McGivern's book.
It is interesting but not the easiest book to read.
McGivern was more of a shooter than a writer IMO.

[Dithsoer]

ACP230
Does Mcgivern detail the methods used to perform the feats of skill demonstrated by him? Or is it less of a "how-to" book and more of a biography?

[mec]

Does Mcgivern detail the methods used

haven't read the book but people who have question that things he wrote were actually a very accurate account of how he shot. At some point he said that he always used his sights but films of him shooting often show the guns going off way below eye level. He might have visualized the sights but wasn't always looking at them.

I did read an article by him in one of the wed dowloads of a mid 1950s GUNs Magazine. He used most of that article saying as how Rod Redwing and Arvo Ojala had to be lying about how fast they could shoot.

[Threeband]

Another good one is "Sixguns" by Elmer Kieth.