Charlie Siringo's West

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.

Charlie Siringo's West: An Interpretive Biography
Charlie Siringo's West first edition cover.
AuthorHoward R. Lamar
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBiography
PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
Publication date
November 30, 2005
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages384 pp (first edition)
ISBN978-0-8263-3669-9
OCLC60421190
976.4/092 B 22
LC ClassF391.S624 L36 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.

Editions

  • Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2005 , ISBN 0-8263-3669-8

References

  1. 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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