Texas Bandits
Author | : Mona D. Sizer |
Publisher | : Taylor Trade Publications |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : 1589070100 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781589070103 |
Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Citing the adage that "those who do not study history are condemned to get it from Hollywood," popular historian Mona Sizer profiles a dozen notorious Texas outlaws and how they have been portrayed on the Silver Screen. From Pancho Villa - who was paid $25,000 by the Mutual Film Company to portray himself - to Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow (portrayed by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty), Sizer separates fact from fancy in a fun, rollicking look at the bad guys of Texas Westerns. Sidebars ("How to Rob a Train," "How to Hold Up a Stagecoach," and "The Hollywood Posse") round out this delightful homage to actual and movie bandits alike.