Bill O’Neal

Gunfighters intrigue me because nothing is more dramatic than life and death conflict, especially when that conflict is carried out by men in big hats and boots, armed with six-shooters and Winchesters. Researching my book Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters required reading and annotating the books and articles that had been written by the mid-1970s. Of course, so much excellent research and writing has been done in the field since then; the task would take far longer today. The strangest