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THE SHOOTIST. by Glendon Swarthout ‧RELEASE DATE: Jan. 24, 1974. One of Swarthout's likable scenarios of the year 1901 when John B. Books, a shootist (that's an elegant word for desperado) rides into El Paso in his Stetson and his Prince Albert coat, cushioned by a pillow from a whorehouse. He has come to learn from the doctor who once saved ...
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University of Michigan. Genre. Fiction. Glendon Fred Swarthout (April 8, 1918 – September 23, 1992) was an American writer and novelist. [1] Several of his novels were made into films. Where the Boys Are, and The Shootist, which was John Wayne's last work, are probably the best known.
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Oct 1, 2011 · Books. The Shootist. Glendon Swarthout. U of Nebraska Press, Oct 1, 2011 - Fiction - 215 pages. By the author of The Homesman, now a major motion picture The Shootist is John Bernard Books, a gunfighter at the turn of the twentieth century who must confront the greatest Shootist of all: Death. Most men would end their days in bed or take their ...
As word spreads that the famous assassin has reached the end, an assortment of vultures gather to feast upon his corpse. Most men would end their days quietly, but Books outwits them all by selecting the where, the when, and the manner of his death. The Shootist is a classic Western novel written by Glendon Swarthout in 1975.
Mar 9, 2024 · Glendon Swarthout’s source book was based strongly on the historic westerner John Wesley Hardin, an authentic gunslinger who was gunned down in an El Paso saloon in 1895. The movie is more about the John Wayne legend. Wayne cleaned up the character without quite turning him into a retirement-age superhero. Books is in no shape to punch ...
Oct 1, 2011 · The Shootist is John Bernard Books, a gunfighter at the turn of the twentieth century who must confront the greatest Shootist of all: Death. Most men would end their days in bed or take their own lives, but a gunfighter has a third option, one that Books decides to exercise. He may choose his own executioner.
