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Gunfight at Mussel Slough: Evolution of a Western Myth (California Legacy Book)
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How history becomes mythologyOn May 11, 1880, at Henry Brewers homestead in the southern San Joaquin Valley district of Mussel Slough, seven men lost their lives during one of the deadliest shootouts in the history of the American West.With this statement of fact begins Terry Beers examination of how historycomplex, incomplete, and often contradictorybecomes mythology, written and rewritten until its edges are polished into the extraordinarily powerful images that preserve our most cherished values, those which we believeor want to believeshape our culture.Gunfight at Mussel Slough collects excerpts from five novelsamong them Frank Norris masterpiece The Octopusand places them alongside historical documents including poems, letters, photographs, maps, flyers, songs, editorials, and political cartoons, each selection recording, analyzing, and interpreting a single event in ways that ultimately change how history will be remembered.
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