Charlie Siringo's West
 Charlie Siringo's West first edition cover. | |
| Author | Howard R. Lamar |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Biography |
| Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
Publication date | November 30, 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 384 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-8263-3669-9 |
| OCLC | 60421190 |
| 976.4/092 B 22 | |
| LC Class | F391.S624 L36 2005 |
Charlie Siringo's West: An Interpretive Biography is a biography of former Pinkerton Detective Charlie Siringo, by historian Howard R. Lamar. It was published by the University of New Mexico Press in 2005.
In addition to its purely biographical theme, the book examines Siringo's life in the context of the Pinkerton agency's descent into illegality, and the increasing romanticisation of "Wild West" characters by a fast-growing Hollywood film industry of the 1920s.[1]
The book won the 2006 Bronze Wrangler award for nonfiction from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
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References
- ↑ Utley, Robert M. (2006). "Charlie Siringo's West: An Interpretive Biography". Montana: the Magazine of Western History. Montana Historical Society (Summer 2006).
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