Many deem Robert K. DeArment’s 1979 biography, Bat Masterson: The Man and the Legend, as essential reading. DeArment’s Gunfighter in Gotham attempts to put a cap on Masterson’s colorful life—he spent his final years in New York City as a sportswriter and raconteur who inspired Broadway’s greatest fictional chronicler, Damon Runyon. Unfortunately, this work seems secondhand. The author does not seem to have a feel for New York and its sporting scene from 1890 to post-WWI. DeArment a
Already Signed Up? Log in here.
Read this article now for Free!
Ready for a third free article? Create a free account by entering your email address and a password below.
— OR —
Sign Up Now for $29.95 a year and have immediate access to all of True West content, including the complete True West Archives dating back to 1953!
