Bibliograph

Gunfighter in Gotham, Bat Masterson's New York City years, Robert K. DeArment

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Label

Gunfighter in Gotham, Bat Masterson's New York City years, Robert K. DeArment

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index

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individual biography

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gunfighter in Gotham

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

796081898

Responsibility statement

Robert K. DeArment

Sub title

Bat Masterson's New York City years

Summary

Following up on his earlier book, Bat Masterson: The Man and the Legend, which examined the life of William Barclay Masterson (1853-1921) as a frontiersman of the American West, DeArment here turns his attention to Masterson's late-life career as a sportswriter in New York City. He describes Masterson's influence on the world of sports, his social life centered on the theater district of Broadway, and other aspects of Masterson's later career

Table Of Contents

Battling Masterson -- The women in his life -- Otto, Reddy, and Ki Yi -- A Broadway guy -- The Lewis brothers, the Morning Telegraph, and the ham reporter -- A badge for "our homicidal friend" -- Blunderbusses and badges -- Gotham feuds -- Curmudgeon of the clubs -- The snakes of New York: the trail of the serpent -- Jack Johnson: white hopes and white slavery -- Teddy Roosevelt and politics: copperheads and bull mooses -- When hyphenates, hypocrisy, and hysteria ruled the roost -- The Black Sox, the Garden, and Tex Rickard -- Out of the past -- All work and no play -- Slackers in nonshootable suits and the rise of Jack Dempsey -- The battles of Maumee Bay and Boyle's thirty acres -- "A strangely quiet closing."

Target audience

adult

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Bat Masterson's New York City years

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