Author, Public Enemies, Big Rich. Co-author Barbarians at the Gate, Forget the Alamo. New book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild, out June 3.
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Rollicking good read dissecting Texas’s contribution to the American gunfighter ethos by venerable Austin author @BryanBurrough. Highly recommended. Catch Bryan @texasbookfest 3 pm Sun 11/9 at Texas Tent.
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Love this book. I drove from Tyler through NW Rusk and Gregg Counties this morning.
Listening to The Big Rich on Audible for the 2nd time.
Thanks for sharing stories and the history of the Big Four in Texas!
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Gunfighters of the Old West #Thread based on @BryanBurrough's #TheGunfighters in which I plagiarise the caption writer
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Leonardo DiCaprio says he read 'Days of Rage' by @BryanBurrough to prepare for 'One Battle After Another'
"[The book] gave me a sense of who this character, Bob, was."
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A very great pleasure to have @BryanBurrough back on the pod to discuss his new book, THE GUNFIGHTERS: HOW TEXAS MADE THE WEST WILD, including the psychopathy of some he calls "the big 5." John Wesley Hardin as stone cold killer, anyone? open.substack.com/pub/smokee…
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For Sunday's edition of REAL TEXANS, I visit with @BryanBurrough about his great new book, “Gunfighters: How Texans Made The West Wild.” Our discussion covers his career in financial journalism and the importance of looking at history with clarity.
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The Deadly Cost Of Honor In Texas | @BryanBurrough On The Wild West with @RyanHoliday
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.@chicagotribune recommends your summer reading, including PAN by Michael Clune, Murderland by @carolinefraser, Mark Twain by Ron Chernow, and The Gunfighters by @BryanBurrough! chicagotribune.com/2025/06/1…
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Whatever else you are reading, put @BryanBurrough's “The Gunfighters” at the top of your list to read next. Whether you are drawn to the Old West, to gunfighters, or just well-written non-fiction, “The Gunfighters” deserves your time… and will then grab hold of it.
The sub-title, “How Texas Made the West Wild,” seems like a flimsy assertion at first glance… But then the dots those post-Civil War gunfighters (through the end of the 19th Century) had to the Lone Star State start connecting.
Burrough’s writing style is engaging, filled with humorous asides that don’t get in the way of his exhaustively researched topic. “The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild” should be immediately on your summer reading list.
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Happy Pub Day to The Gunfighters by @BryanBurrough! This epic look at the time and place that spawned America’s most legendary gunfighters is available now wherever books are sold.
Get your copy: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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Good listen: #AngryPlanet @angryplanetpod [PODCAST] America’s Favorite Gunfighters and the Birth of the Old West (subscriber episode) with @BryanBurrough
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ALT A colorful graphic promoting "The Gunfighters," highlighting themes of Western culture and gunfighting in Texas. It features illustrated characters: a cowboy, a sheriff, and a bystander, along with speech bubbles and text that pose questions and statements about gun
Bryan Burrough retweeted
Of all the American archetypes, the Old West Gunfighter looms large in history and culture both here and around the world. My talk with author @BryanBurrough on his rowdy, rollicking, & rip-snorting new book "The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild." houstonpress.com/arts/things…
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#OTD in 1934, police officers from TX and LA ambushed notorious criminals #BonnieandClyde in their vehicle along the highway near Sailes, LA, killing the two. Learn more from @nytimes columnist @CharlesMBlow and author @BryanBurrough: c-span.org/classroom/documen….
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Nonfiction to look out for this summer including MURDERLAND (@carolinefraser, June 10), BADDEST MAN (@MarkKriegel, June 3), and THE GUNFIGHTERS (@BryanBurrough, June 3). @nytimes nytimes.com/2025/05/22/books…
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Could any writer alive bring back the Old West era of gunfighters more vividly than @BryanBurrough? @DVNJr & @JacobFeldman4 fell hard for this fantastic excerpt of his forthcoming book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild. texasmonthly.com/being-texan…
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Our May cover story features an excerpt from author @BryanBurrough's latest book "The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild."
The book explores the Texans who left an enduring mark on the gunfighter era, and how the frontier was a darker place because of it. Read more: texasmonthly.com/being-texan…
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Calling all lapsed Catholics! Join me on my book tour for Sorrowful Mysteries: The Shepherd Children of Fatima and the Fate of the Twentieth Century.
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Firing up Tombstone in honor of the late great Val Kilmer.
Relatedly, can’t wait for @BryanBurrough new book on the Wild West.
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