gunfight Archives - T. Nelson Taylor - Author of Dust and Bolita - Official Site https://tnelsontaylor.com/tag/gunfight/ Books and other friendly nonsense. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:25:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/tnelsontaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/T-Shortcut-Icon.gif?fit=16%2C16&ssl=1 gunfight Archives - T. Nelson Taylor - Author of Dust and Bolita - Official Site https://tnelsontaylor.com/tag/gunfight/ 32 32 209703729 In Arizona, The Gringos Get You https://tnelsontaylor.com/gringos-get-you-alex-taylor/ https://tnelsontaylor.com/gringos-get-you-alex-taylor/#respond Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Gringos Get You isn't the feel-good, emotional bonding version, folks. (Is there a Mexican Yakov Smirnoff?) A fragment of the Old, Wild West — when justice often came self-served or not at all. As the years march, it fades further from memory, outside of its most famous occurrences, O.K. Corral, et al. So many other…… Continue reading In Arizona, The Gringos Get You

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]]> https://tnelsontaylor.com/gringos-get-you-alex-taylor/feed/ 0 58 Gunfighting Blues https://tnelsontaylor.com/gunfighting-blues-alex-taylor/ https://tnelsontaylor.com/gunfighting-blues-alex-taylor/#respond Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:50:00 +0000 https://cinecapture.com/tnelsontaylor/2021/06/22/gunfighting-blues/ Gunfighting? A much younger me once asked my father if he ever drew his weapon and fired in the course of duty; had he ever participated in an actual gunfight? Was it like those we watched on the television or at the movies — Dirty Harry, etc.? His answer was usually stoic, reverent, and largely…… Continue reading Gunfighting Blues

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]]> https://tnelsontaylor.com/gunfighting-blues-alex-taylor/feed/ 0 63 The Dash of Rose, Part II https://tnelsontaylor.com/rose-of-cimarron-the-dash-of-rose-part-ii-alex-taylor-gainesville-times/ https://tnelsontaylor.com/rose-of-cimarron-the-dash-of-rose-part-ii-alex-taylor-gainesville-times/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0000 https://cinecapture.com/tnelsontaylor/2020/02/11/the-dash-of-rose-part-ii/ Continuing last week's story about Rose of Cimarron. (additional commentary follows)   Rose was around 15 during the battle. Those little princesses of ours ... The shootout, as described over Prof. Alex Taylor's two columns, came to be known as the Battle of Ingalls. Unfortunately for Rose, her older Dunn brothers had become strict opportunists,…… Continue reading The Dash of Rose, Part II

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]]> Continuing last week's story about Rose of Cimarron. (additional commentary follows)   Rose was around 15 during the battle. Those little princesses of ours ... The shootout, as described over Prof. Alex Taylor's two columns, came to be known as the Battle of Ingalls. Unfortunately for Rose, her older Dunn brothers had become strict opportunists,… Continue reading The Dash of Rose, Part II

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]]> https://tnelsontaylor.com/rose-of-cimarron-the-dash-of-rose-part-ii-alex-taylor-gainesville-times/feed/ 0 80 The Dash of Rose, Part I https://tnelsontaylor.com/dash-of-rose-part-i-alex-taylor-gainesville-times/ https://tnelsontaylor.com/dash-of-rose-part-i-alex-taylor-gainesville-times/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0000 https://cinecapture.com/tnelsontaylor/2020/02/04/the-dash-of-rose-part-i/ Part I: The Dash of Rose The things we do for spite. This week, Alex Taylor begins the wild west tale of female tenacity. You know what they say about a woman scorned. Of course, the nicknames back then were indeed the stuff of legend. Dynamite Dick, Dick Speed (not so fast as it turns…… Continue reading The Dash of Rose, Part I

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]]> Part I: The Dash of Rose The things we do for spite. This week, Alex Taylor begins the wild west tale of female tenacity. You know what they say about a woman scorned. Of course, the nicknames back then were indeed the stuff of legend. Dynamite Dick, Dick Speed (not so fast as it turns… Continue reading The Dash of Rose, Part I

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