Wyatt earp and the buntline special myth kansas historical. According to this book, dime novelist ned buntline. Mike resnick poses this question and others in his first foray into steampunk with the buntline special, a brilliant and humorously told tale about the gunfight at the o. Read the buntline special by mike resnick available from rakuten kobo. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the the buntline special, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Marshall trimble is arizonas official historian and vice president of the wild west history association. Rare colt buntline special 3rd generation model p1716 in 44 special, sa34xxx. Unable to defeat the wizards, tom teams up with ned buntline to invent electricpowered horseless carriages, impenetrable brass, electric lighting, even metal ladies to staff the local whorehouse. Wyatt earp and the buntline special myth kansas historical society. First, the buntline special s odd appearance makes wyatt earp stand out from the crowd. The buntline special book by mike resnick official. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
It should be said that the buntline special is a humorous take on an alternate wild west and with this mike resnick has pr. Welcome to a west like youve never seen before, where electric lights. Buy the buntline special by mike resnick online at alibris. Welcome to a west like youve never seen before, where electr. When parent pulled up to the gate to leave 10050 cielo drive, charles tex watson stuck this buntline styled revolver into the window and said, halt. He offers his gun to earp telling him it is unloaded and to read the inscription on the gun which labels it as earps. Lake wrote a mostly fictional biography of wyatt earp titled frontier marshall. Wild west, however, i have loved since i was a youngen watching old gunsmoke reruns.
Rare colt buntline a special inheritance fox business. It wasnt until wyatt earp biographer stuart lake picked up on the old buntline story for his 1931 book long after both earp and buntline were dead, that the guns were first referred to as. The buntline special is the first of a series of books in the weird west tales by mike resnick. A weird west tale by mike resnick from amazons fiction books store. Lake created while writing his 1931 biography of wyatt earp. The colt buntline special is a variant of longbarreled colt single action army revolver that author stuart n.
Resnick has 5 hugo awards and a nebula award to his name as well as various other awards. The buntline special by mike resnick welcome to a west like youve never seen before, where electric lights shine down on the streets of tombstone, while. The buntline special, too, has become a major part of this myth a bizarre melange of truth and fiction, documentation and speculation, misrepresentation of facts through ignorance and through deliberate distortion as well as outright lies and inventive prose. Claiming manifest destiny, the government pays inventor thomas edison to go to tombstone, ariz. The buntline special weird west tale idioma ingles.
Ned buntlines most popular book is wild bills last trail. Since the buntline presentation story is so blatantly false, readers may well ask. The buntline special ebook by mike resnick rakuten kobo. There was recently an episode where ned buntline gave wyatt the famous buntline special. According to lake, the dime novelist ned buntline commissioned the production of five buntline specials. Ned buntline has 34 books on goodreads with 193 ratings. Guy believed her gun a legendary buntline special with a 16inch barrel was one of only 11 manufactured.
The longbarreled buntline special was not present at the ok corral during the gunfight which became famous as the battle of the ok corral there was no colt buntline special with the extralong barrel, a weapon forever connected with the legend of wyatt earp. Jan 31, 2018 guy believed her gun a legendary buntline special with a 16inch barrel was one of only 11 manufactured. Books by ned buntline author of wild bills last trail. Colt buntline saa 3rd gen 44 special model p1716 description. The buntline special weird west tale book 1 kindle. Mar 09, 2017 silva says colt only kept shipping records, not production records, so the factory would have no record if buntline picked up the weapons there. More recently, however, this book has passed under the discerning eye of qualified historians more cautious with their praise. The buntline special weird west tale, book 1 by mike resnick. According to don wilkersons book, the postwar colt singleaction revolver 19761986, this colt is 1 of 373 revolvers produced in this configuration.
Resnick does an excellent job with keeping things original and fresh i loved this book. Welcome to a west like youve never seen before, where electric lights shine down on the streets of tombstone, while hor. Buy a cheap copy of the buntline special book by mike resnick. The latest book by the prolific mike resnick is the buntline special, a standalone novel that gifts the events leading up to the gunfight at the o. The life and legend of wyatt earp the buntline special tv.
She inherited it from her father mel, a longtime collector of colt sixshooters. In mike resnicks novel the buntline special, steampunk goes west. Lake described in his bestselling but largely fictionalized 1931 biography, wyatt earp. Buntline offers earp a chance to make a fortune in a wild west show but earp declines. It includes fiction with science fiction, fantasy or horror themes. The colt buntline special is a longbarreled variant of the colt single action army revolver, which stuart n. With the buntline special he explores a new wild west, combining steampunk with alternate history and does not shy away from other unlively introductions. Aint nothin that better describes the bluntline special. The buntline special weird west tale book 1 kindle edition by mike resnick. Wyatt earp buntline special toy cap gun pistol western toy guns. Resnick does an excellent job with keeping things original and fresh. Near sighted buntline had been unable to read the posted law. In mike resnicks novel the buntline special, the story gets the full on. Great western also offered buntline specials with 12.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the buntline special weird west tale book 1. Welcome to a west like youve never seen before, where electric lights shine down on the streets of tombstone, while horseless stagecoaches carry passengers to and. The buntline special weird west tale book 1 kindle edition by. The buntline special book las vegasclark county library.
The buntline special weird west tale, book 1 by mike resnick book cover, description, publication history. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. When parent pulled up to the gate to leave 10050 cielo drive, charles tex watson stuck this. It could be described by the slogan what the past would look like if the future had happened sooner. March 20, 1821 july 16, 1886, known by his pseudonym ned buntline, was an american publisher, journalist, and writer. According to this book, dime novelist ned buntline commissioned the production of five buntline specials.
The frazier is home to such a buntline, with 16inch barrel and an allmetal stock made of nickelplated brass. Steampunk has been around for a couple decades, but it is a relatively new favorite subgenre of mine. The ringoholliday rivalry is one of the more fun aspects of the book. Frontier marshal published in 1931, dime novelist ned buntline had five buntline.
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