Gunfight at Mussel Slough: Evolution of a Western Myth (California Legacy Book)

Cultural Writing. Photography. One of the deadlier gunfights in the history of the West, the Mussel Slough tragedy has been the basis for several works of fiction. Editor Terry Beers has assembled selections from several Mussel Slough novels and writings by Ambrose Bierce, Charles Nordhoff, John Muir, and others alongside newspaper articles, song lyrics, photographs, and editorial cartoons, all centered around a distinctive theme: the mechanisms whereby history becomes story. Terry Beers is also the author of UNFOLDING BEAUTY: CELEBRATING CALIFORNIA'S LANDSCAPES. He is the general editor of the California Legacy project.Terry Beers is the author of 'Gunfight at Mussel Slough: Evolution of a Western Myth (California Legacy Book)', published 2004 under ISBN 9781890771829 and ISBN 1890771821.