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

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]

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

Reception

edit

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

References

edit
  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.