"hmm.. I once worked with a guy that worked on the set of WHITE BUFFALO... he just laughed and told me that it was just possibly the WORST western movie EVER produced... I always was a Charles Bronson fan but in my opinion he was too much…"
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Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
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As noted in my application I am a part time writer. I have written two book and well on my way on book 3. One of the methods I use to get many lines is to write book reviews. I am uptp 51 now on…Continue
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Robert R. Richter replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"Creative Publishing usually prints only small numbers of each book published & they are not widely advertised or distributed. While it may not be a 'desktop' publisher in fact, it is one for all practical purposes. It…"
Gerald T. Westbrook replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"Thanks Charlie. Your inputs give me more confidence that this book was a rather credible source. There are many things in this book that I like.
1. First of all there are several good portraits. There are two of William Secrest, the editor and one…"
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"Creative Publishing in College Station is usually very good. They apparently insist on their writers doing solid research. Everything I've seen from them has been factual."
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"Creative Pubishing in"
Gerald T. Westbrook replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"My comments in my application stated the book/review "it is pretty on the mark". this was Really ment forthe book only. I'd particularly appreciate comments From Bob Boze Bell and others on the book:
I Buried Hickok
The Memoirs…"
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"US census records would work, but it would be a tedious job. You'd pretty well have to make a physical count--actually go thru the census records of a state & count the numbers of men & women recorded by census. I never…"
Gerald T. Westbrook replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"Calamity was raised as an orphan in Fort Laramie. It is about 99.99% certain she wwould start he rlife as a whore. Many gals apparently had no choice. I remember the gal depicted in Broken Trail that Duvcall and his nepher rescured from a whore…"
Stan H replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"Marshal
I will see what I can find for you. Have you checked with the Adams museum? Also, there is a newly opened "Spirit of '76" museum that opened this year. they may have some info that could help you.
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Stan H replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"Charley
They have been playing "The White Buffalo" on Encore Westerns quite a bit lately.
A strange film.
Living 10 miles from Deadwood, one gets pretty tired of hearing about Hickok."
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"Hickok was a long way from anybody who ever played him in the movies or on TV. Probably the most historically accurated portrayal was by Charles Bronson in a movie called, I think, The White Buffalo. I've only seen it once. It…"
Murray A. Gewirtz replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"James Butler Hickok was a long way from Guy Madison."
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Gerald T. Westbrook's discussion Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
"Calamity Jane was a long way from Doris Day. 'Calamity' was the 19th century euphemism for syphilis. Hickok was dying of syphilis. That's why he wore smoked glasses all the time. Whether he got it from Martha…"
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Accuracy of the picture of the west painted in Books, Tv and Movies.
As noted in my application I am a part time writer. I have written two book and well on my way on book 3. One of the methods I use to get many lines is to write book reviews. I am uptp 51 now on Amazon. One of these was dated on 11/23/2011. It is titled: Memories of Hickok, Calamity Jane and White eye anderson I'd appreciate comments on any errors in this book/review. I think it is pretty on the mark, but one could not get a wider picture of Calamity Jane in the Doris Day portrayal, and that…See More
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