Based upon contemporary and informed opinion, Age of the Gunfighter tells of a tempestuous time and many a notorious gunfighter.
And the few who survived into old age in the.
Others, like Wild Bill Hickok, Jesse James, and Billy the Kid, were murdered because of their reputations, at the hands of the law or for personal or financial gain.
Ed Masterson, Tom Smith, and Bill Tilghman, for example, died in the line of duty.
Few of those who achieved fame and a reputation lived into old age.
Based upon contemporary and informed opinion, Age of the Gunfighter tells of a tempestuous time and many a notorious gunfighter