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Dodge City

Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
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Jul 14, 2018vitareader rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Dodge is all you thought it would be, down and dirty with lots of gun play and dance hall girls. But Dodge City is more than just Wyatt and Bat. Many men and women came through Dodge and Clavin gives us a look into their stories as well. Be warned this book is filled with many tales of senseless deaths enacted by the greedy, the stupid, the bad, and the psycho. Guns do kill people in Dodge, a lot of people. It is not people drawing down in the street to see who is the fastest gun or the best shot like in a glorified Western, it is ambushes, back shooting , and cold blooded murder. There were many incidents in Dodge that reinforced the first rule of the West " never sit with your back to a door" also in Dodge don't leave home without your gun. Although it was filled with bloody stories that often made me give my head a shake it also contained many historical facts about everyday life in the West . A very interesting read .