Charlie Siringo's West: An Interpretive Biography is a biography of former Pinkerton Detective Charlie Siringo, by historian Howard R. Lamar. It was published by the University of New Mexico Press in 2005.
 Charlie Siringo's West first edition cover. | |
| Author | Howard R. Lamar |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Biography |
| Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
Publication date | November 30, 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 384 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-8263-3669-9 |
| OCLC | 60421190 |
| 976.4/092 B 22 | |
| LC Class | F391.S624 L36 2005 |
In addition to its purely biographical theme, the book examines Siringo's life in the context of the Pinkerton agency's descent into illegality, and the increasing romanticisation of "Wild West" characters by a fast-growing Hollywood film industry of the 1920s.[1]
The book won the 2006 Bronze Wrangler award for nonfiction from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
Editions
edit- Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2005 [1], ISBN 0-8263-3669-8
References
edit- ^ Utley, Robert M. (2006). "Charlie Siringo's West: An Interpretive Biography". Montana: The Magazine of Western History (Summer 2006). Montana Historical Society.
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