The Shootist

Glendon Fred Swarthout

earliest edition we have, 1975 Bt Bound, 1999

A shootist is what later came to be called a gunman, a killer, in the early days of the lawless Wild West. This is the story of one such gunman, who is dying of cancer in a rooming house in El Paso. When news gets around of his approaching death, everyone wants to be in at the end, and wheel around him like vultures, not quite hesitating to keep their distance. The book is a marvel of brevity, filled with unforgettab...

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The shootist edition · 2011 · University of Nebraska Press · 215 pages · 9780803238237
The Shootist edition · 2006 · Center Point Large Print · 208 pages · 9781585477715
The Shootist edition · 1999 · Bt Bound · 9780613175081
The shootist edition · 1998 · Berkley Books · 215 pages
Shootist edition · 1986 · Signet · 9780451144959
Shootist edition · 1976 · Pan Macmillan · 160 pages · 9780330248112
The shootist edition · 1975 · Secker and Warburg · 186 pages
The shootist edition · 1975 · Doubleday · 186 pages
The shootist edition · 1975 · G. K. Hall · 273 pages

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