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The Wild West: 365 Days ReviewPart of Abrams Publishing "365" series, Michael Wallis' THE WILD WEST 365 offers up a marvelous collection of evocative, well-captioned photographs, illustrations and artworks depicting various aspects of the American West. Though the title includes the number 365 in it, there have to be over 500 images in this hefty 201 release. Visually, THE WILD WEST 365 is a treasure trove for Western fans and well worth the $32.50 price-tag!
The images featured in Wallis' book depict events from 1830 to 1930. Each date features one or more images - photos, artworks, posters, etc. - with a detailed write-up on the facing page. At the top of the page is an unrelated item that happened on the date in question.
The subject of January 1st, for example, is "Paintbrush Historians" featuring a George Catlin painting of a Mandan village; the accompanying write-up summarizing Catlin's career. The 'daily entry' is a short summary of a Doc Holliday gunfight in Dallas on 1 January 1875. The December 31st entry - "Gun That Killed the Kid" - features a full-page photograph of the Colt 44 used by Pat Garrett to kill Billy the Kid with a smaller pix of Mrs. Garrett holding the gun and a comprehensive history of the gun's ownership. The 31 December daily entry records that the most prosperous year of the California Gold Rush ended on 31 December 1852.
In between those two dates are hundreds of fascinating - and often rare - images of cowboys, gunfighters, gamblers, soldiers, miners, settlers, native Americans, cattle drives, cowtowns, wagon trains, hangings, saloons, wanted posters, famous events, book covers, bison and so on. (Most of the images in THE WILD WEST 365 were obtained from the Robert McCubbin collection, one of the largest collections of Wild West photographs in the world). Yet Wallis' narratives are the equal of the images, Wallis being an award-winning author of 16 books, most on the American West.
In short, THE WILD WEST 365 is a winner, a superlative photo-guide to the Wild West that belongs on the shelf of anyone with an interst in those long-ago times and peoples. Highly recommended.The Wild West: 365 Days OverviewThe Wild West: 365 Days is a day-by-day adventure that tells the stories of pioneers and cowboys, gold rushes and saloon shoot-outs in America's frontier. The lure of land rich in minerals, fertile for farming, and plentiful with buffalo bred an all-out obsession with heading westward. The Wild West: 365 Days takes the reader back to these booming frontier towns that became the stuff of American legend, breeding characters such as Butch Cassidy and Jesse James. Author Michael Wallis spins a colorful narrative, separating myth from fact, in 365 vignettes. The reader will learn the stories of Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Annie Oakley; travel to the O.K. Corral and Dodge City; ride with the Pony Express; and witness the invention of the Colt revolver. The images are drawn from Robert G. McCubbin's extensive collection of Western memorabilia, encompassing rare books, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts, including Billy the Kid's knife.

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