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Ben Thompson : portrait of a gunfighter
- Title
- Ben Thompson : portrait of a gunfighter / Thomas C. Bicknell and Chuck Parsons ; foreword by Robert K. DeArment.
- Author
- Bicknell, Thomas C., 1952-
- Publication
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2018]
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- Description
- xxi, 665 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Ben Thompson was a remarkable man, and few Texans can claim to have crowded more excitement, danger, drama, and tragedy into their lives than he did. He was an Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, Confederate cavalryman, mercenary for a foreign emperor, hired gun for a railroad, an elected lawman, professional gambler, and the victor of numerous gunfights. As a leading member of the Wild West's sporting element, Ben Thompson spent most of his life moving in the unsavory underbelly of the West: saloons, dance-houses, billiard halls, bordellos, and gambling dens. During these travels many of the Wild West's most famous icons--Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, John Wesley Hardin, John Ringo, and Buffalo Bill Cody--became acquainted with Ben Thompson. Some of these men called him a friend; others considered him a deadly enemy. In life and in death no one ever doubted Ben Thompson's courage; one Texas newspaperman asserted he was "perfectly fearless, a perfect lion in nature when aroused." This willingness to trust his life to his expertise with a pistol placed Thompson prominently among the western frontier's most flamboyant breed of men: gunfighters.
- Series Statement
- A.C. Greene series ; number 20
- Uniform Title
- A.C. Greene series ; no. 20.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 622-647) and index.
- Contents
- The last of England -- The Civil War years -- A guerrilla chieftain south of the border -- A presidential pardon -- On to Abilene -- Tragedy in Ellsworth -- White affidavits -- Ben Thompson on Ben Thompson -- A little Christmas frolic -- Shooting up Austin -- Hired gun -- A high old time in San Antonio -- The best city marshal in Texas -- Gunfire at the Vaudeville -- A last visit to Galveston -- Hellish business -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-8038
- ISBN
- 9781574417302
- 1574417304
- LCCN
- 2018014575
- OCLC
- 1031049240
- Author
- Bicknell, Thomas C., 1952- author.
- Title
- Ben Thompson : portrait of a gunfighter / Thomas C. Bicknell and Chuck Parsons ; foreword by Robert K. DeArment.
- Publisher
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- A.C. Greene series ; number 20A.C. Greene series ; no. 20.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 622-647) and index.
- Added Author
- Parsons, Chuck, author.DeArment, Robert K., 1925-2021, writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-8038