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1. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Shootist by Glendon Swarthout - Goodreads

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   Jan 1, 2001 · The Shootist is John Bernard Books, a man of principle and the only surviving gunfighter in a vanishing American West. He rides into El Paso in the year 1901, on the day of Queen Victoria's demise, there to be told by a doctor friend that he must soon confront the greatest Shootist of all: Death himself.

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2. kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com › 2013 › 11FFB Review: "The Shootist" by Glendon Swarthout ---Reviewed ...

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   Western fans might recognize the title as the title of John Wayne’s final movie, and for good reason: that movie was adapted from the book by the author’s own son, Miles Hood Swarthout. The film co-starred such legendary actors as Lauren Bacall and Jimmy Stewart, and it included other high-profile names: Ron Howard, Scatman Crothers ...

3. homeschoolingteen.com › article › the-shootist-a-book-reviewThe Shootist (A Book Review) - Homeschooling Teen

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   A sheriff by the name of John Bernard Books has been diagnosed with cancer and he only has a few weeks to live. He then decides that he wants to die in the noblest and less painful way as possible. Last chance: Spoiler alert!

4. jeffarnoldswest.com › 2013 › 11The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout – Jeff Arnold’s West

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   Nov 21, 2013 · Ron Howard as Gillom, Lauren Bacall as Bond Rogers and John Wayne as JB Books. Books buys a newspaper on the day of his arrival in El Paso (it reports the death of Queen Victoria) and decides to read it, for once, from cover to cover.

5. teachwithmovies.org › the-shootistTHE SHOOTIST - Teach with Movies

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   It’s 1901 in Carson City, Missouri, formerly a frontier village but now a bustling town. J.B. Books, a notorious but aging gunfighter, is very ill and rides into Carson City to see a doctor. When it’s confirmed that Books has cancer and only a short time to live, he rents a room in a boarding house run by an upright community woman.

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   Oct 1, 2011 · 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...

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   Is the Shootist based on a true story?

   • The Shootist is my favorite John Wayne movie, and until recently, I didn’t realize it was based upon the book by Glendon Swarthout. I read The Homesman by Swarthout a few months ago, and was blown away by the outstanding writing and character development. It wasn’t what you expect in a western.

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   Is the Shootist a good movie?

   • The Shootist is extremely well written tale. It is not the stereo typical western. Heartfelt and moving. The novel won the Spur Award in 1975. I watched the movie a week or so later the film stars John Wayne in his last appearance before his death in 1979, along with Lauren Bacall, Jimmy Stewart and Ronnie Howard.

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   How good is the shooter by Glendon Swarthout?

   • "The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout is the tale of the Old West's version of the modern 'hit man'. It is a splendid story, well-told and with a really satisfying ending." "This excellently written book will keep you glued to your chair for a couple hours...The author is most adept with our language.

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   Is the Shootist a good Western?

   • It wasn’t what you expect in a western. The Shootist was every bit as good and was also a dark story – this time about John Books coming to El Paso to spend his last days with a terminal cancer diagnosis. He is tended to by the lovely Mrs. Rogers – at first reluctantly and then respectfully.

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   Is the Shootist a climatic gunfight?

   • The climatic gunfight itself is an incredible performance by an incredible man, and by his creator, Glendon Swarthout. The Shootist will rank with such classics as Shane, The Virginian, and The Ox-Bow Incident, but it is much more than a Western.

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   What makes the final gunfight for books a good book?

   • "The final gunfight for Books is a classic--an incredible tale about an incredible man by an incredible author...The best sections of the novel involve the way in which Books arranges for compensation from those who will profit most from his death: the undertaker, a photographer, the Marshal, the barber.

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8. openlibrary.org › books › OL5055325MThe shootist by Glendon Fred Swarthout | Open Library

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   Sep 8, 2023 · 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.