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"The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout is the taleof the Old West's version of the modern 'hit man'. It is a splendid story, well-told and with a really satisfying ...
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The Shootist. ` The Shootist. Glendon Swarthout. Introduction by Miles Swarthout. 248 pages. Paperback. October 2011. 978-0-8032-3823-7. $18.95 Add to Cart.
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This classic, Spur Award–winning novel was chosen by the Western Writers of America as one of the best western novels ever written and was the inspiration for ...
The Shootist
Novel by Glendon Swarthout
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John Bernard Books is the only surviving top gunfighter in a vanishing American West. He rides into El Paso in the year 1901, on the day of Queen Victoria's demise, there to be told by a doctor that he has a terminal illness. ... Google Books
Originally published: 1975
Author: Glendon Swarthout
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A prolific writer in multiple genres, Glendon Swarthout (1918–92) won the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Western Writers of America and is ...
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THE SHOOTIST. Glendon Swarthout. London: Secker & Warburg, 1975. Hard Cover. First Edition. The First Edition of this western novel which was the basis for the ...
The Shootist is a 1976 American Western film directed by Don Siegel and based on Glendon Swarthout's 1975 novel of the same name, and written by Miles Hood ...
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The story revolves around an aging gunfighter or (Shootist) named J.B. Books. Arriving in Carson City, he is diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, and lives ...
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As word spreads that the famous assassin has incurable cancer, an assortment of human vultures gathers to feast on the corpse—among them a gambler, a rustler, a ...