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Are there any books or articles that examine the “shootist” personality? Was Clay Allison bipolar, schizophrenic, antisocial or some combination of psychoses? Or was he just overly sensitive?

by | Oct 1, 2003 | Inside History

  Are there any books or articles that examine the “shootist” personality? Was Clay Allison bipolar, schizophrenic, antisocial or some combination of psychoses? Or was he just overly sensitive? David Goode Bedford, Virginia Not a lot is written about the psychology of gunfighters. Since psychology is a 20th-century science, gunfighters can be analyzed only in retrospect. Yet, the Civil War likely affected many Old West gunfighters, such as Clay Allison. Allison was a taco and tamale shor


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