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What are “long-tailed heroes”? In the book Roughing It, Mark Twain refers to gunfighters as “long-tailed heroes.” What does that mean?

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Roughing It In Mark Twain’s book Roughing It he refers to the gunfighters as long-tailed heroes. What does that mean?

Marshall Trimble
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