In “The Gunfighters,” the journalist Bryan Burrough offers a lively look at the legends and myths of the Wild West. By Paul Begala Paul Begala is a political strategist from Missouri City, Texas. He ...

In the far reaches of California, a sun-bleached cottage and an empty town still whisper the name Wyatt Earp. From desert mines to mock graveyards, the legacy of the old west’s most famous gunfighter ...

Texas author Bryan Burrough knew he wanted to write book on gunfighters of the American West, but struggled with the angle: Could he say anything new about the likes of Jesse James, Billy the Kid, ...