The Death Of the Bravos By John Myers Myers

The deaths of the bravos

Myers was born and grew up on Long Island New York He attended the University of New Mexico briefly but was expelled for being one of the writers in a rebel newspaper The Pariah After extensive travel through Europe and the United States Myers worked for the New York World and San Antonio Evening News He was also an advertising copywriter Myers served a short term in the U. Death brain teaser yahoo W Mye Science Fiction Fantasy Historical Fiction History Death of the Bravos currently titled Bravos of the West is an informal history of the old West from 1812 to 1878 largely mined from oral tradition By and large what went on in the early days of the American West transpired while historians were looking the other way writes Myers and rather than attempting a scholarly treatment of the subject he has drawn on the oral tradition to create a rollicking tale of the mountain men scouts Indians bandits filibusters and shootist who lived and died there during that wide open and wild time. The deaths of the bravos Following a rough chronological order each chapter sketches the story of one of these Western bravos some well known characters others obscure A substantial portion of the book is about the various mountain men and the fur trade covering such legends as Jed Smith Hugh Glass Jim Bridger Old Bill Williams Joe Meeks and many others Sam Houston and the rest of the men who made Texas are covered well as are those who blazed the Santa Fe Trail and those who opened up and settled the Oregon Country There is hardly a significant event or person in the time period that he covers that Myers does not bring to life through his lively prose Myers skillfully weaves all of these separate stories into a great tapestry of the claiming of the West for the American nation. The deaths of the bravos Myers knows his subject well as most of his life was devoted to researching and writing about the American West Yet he is primarily a storyteller not a dry academic His writing is playful and idiomatic and if you let yourself fall under his spell you may find you are searching out his other books regardless of subject. Death brain teaser yahoo Bravos of the West falls somewhere between history and legend and hence must at times be taken with a grain of salt if pure historical accuracy is there any such beast is what you are looking for But to learn of the many amazing people whose stories combined to win the West and create an American mythology John Myers Myers fascinating book is just the thing Science Fiction Fantasy Historical Fiction History

The Death Of the Bravos By John Myers Myers

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The DEATHS OF THE BRAVOS is an informal behind the scenes history of the men who explored settled and fought in the mountains towns and plains of the Western territories during their inchoate preindustrial period Written by a man who has devoted his life to research and writing of the American West it is the most comprehensive presentation of American pioneers in action ever written By and large John Myers Myers writes what went on in the early days of the American West transpired while historians were looking the other way the West s prime movers had no idea themselves that they were doing than following their personal bents For most of them recognition of their national importance was postponed until they had been dead for anywhere from fty to a hundred years But as they had been remembered as men of mark in their own region they had by then become citizens of tradition The tradition in which their exploits were preserved was the oral one and many of the episodes that go to make up the epic of the Old West were passed from one memory to another before they were ever given written form For THE DEATHS OF THE BRAVOS Mr Myers has plumbed this vast and heroic literature to present the story of the West not in a scholarly formal manner but with something of the spirit in which it took place and became legend Mr Myers includes many already familiar gures such as Sam Houston and John Fr mont and introduces a horde of colorful heroes and villains unknown to most of us Hugh Glass Jim Bridges James Ohio Pattie Jed Smith Sam Walker Sarah Bowman Cynthia Ann Parker Madame Fanny Perrier are only a few whose story is told in this remarkable narrative of Western lore The cast of characters includes mountain men soldiers gunslingers Mexican bandits Indians camp followers politicians and prospectors The scene is laid in the period 1812 to 1878 the most individualistic explosive period of our history The drama is one of our country s greatest Here in full dimension is the story of the bravos of the West who turned a large but limited nation into one of continent spanning dimensions These great adventurers were as diverse and manifold as their occupations their goals and their states of grace but they had a great deal in common including a willingness to stake their lives against whatever they wished to achieve Their story is properly one chronicle a chronicle John Myers Myers has written in this magni cent panorama of the men and events that made the Old West The Death Of the Bravos.

. The deaths of the bravos S Army during World War II In 1943 he married Charlotte Shanahan with whom he had two daughters He settled in Tempe Arizona in 1948 John Myers Myers died October 30 1988