James D. Horan was a prolific writer, a New York newspaperman who also penned history, historical fiction and novels (more than 40 books total).  He even helped win a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1944. Many of his books were on the Old West, biographies and sketches.  His 1954 effort Pictorial History of the Wild West is a classic, especially for the treasure-trove of photos of outlaws, lawmen, gunfighters and more.  Horan got some facts wrong.  But the book helped revive interest in t


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