Oh What a Slaughter! : Massacres in the American West: 1846–1890

2006 book by Larry McMurtry
2005 book by Larry McMurtry
Oh What a Slaughter! : Massacres in the American West: 1846–1890
AuthorLarry McMurtry
LanguageEnglish
Genrenon fiction
Publication date
2006
Publication placeUSA

Oh What a Slaughter! : Massacres in the American West: 1846–1890 is a 2006 book by Larry McMurtry.[1] He later wrote "I became interested in hundred-victim massacres in the Old West and produced a study of them."[2]

Reception

The Detroit Free Press called it "a rickety book, tacked and taped together from earlier, mostly secondary sources."[3]

References

  1. ^ Review of book at Publishers Weekly
  2. ^ McMurtry, Larry (2009). Literary Life: A Second Memoir. p. 148.
  3. ^ "Trail of blood leads nowhere". Detroit Free Press. 29 January 2006. p. 67.
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