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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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Nov 21, 2013 · He shoots one attacker in the rectum and another, who says he is leaving and does not want to fight any more, in the back. The killings are described in forensic detail and very brutal they are. This is not Duke’s way.
The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout is a gripping Western novel that follows the story of an aging gunslinger, J.B. Books, as he faces his own mortality and seeks to live out his remaining days with dignity and honor.
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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.
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THE SHOOTIST—GLENDON SWARTHOUT—1975 SIX He thought: Let them gawp. Let them conclude you do not give a good God damn. It was the right place. The Constantinople had more class than any saloon he had ever seen, and would deserve its fame. The barroom was long, with a ceiling twenty feet high, and suspended
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 and Lonesome Dove, but...
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Oct 1, 2011 · While fans of the John Wayne film will find some sizeable differences, the original novel by Glendon Swarthout is still a remarkable work of fiction and a solid western. The story revolves around an aging gunfighter or (Shootist) named J.B. Books.
