This engaging visual history profiles famous gunslingers, their weapons of choice, and the wild times in the Old West where they made their mark, illustrated with 200 archival photos, reproductions of art, and museum pieces like the Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver. British-born author Bruce Wexler adds to his popular How the West Was Won series here, explaining how men like Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Wild Bill Hickok were more than merely violent. Each possessed some particular characteristic—be it high morals, depravity, good looks, mystery, a vicious temper, marksmanship, or dandyism—that made his story unforgettable.