Tombstone, Deadwood, and Dodge City: Re-Creating the Frontier West

by Roger L Nichols, Kevin Britz, Roger L. Nichols

"Shootin'--Lynchin'--Hangin'," announces the advertisement for Tombstone's Helldorado Days festival. Dodge City's Boot Hill Cemetery sports an "authentic hangman's tree." Not to be outdone, Deadwood's Days of '76 celebration promises "miners, cowboys, Indians, cavalry, bars, dance halls and gambling dens."

The Wild West may be long gone, but its legend lives on in Tombstone, Arizona; Deadwood, South Dakota; and Dodge City, Kansas. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806160292
• ISBN13: 9780806160290
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 9.1"