Author : Mona D. Sizer
Release : 2004
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 103/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Texas Bandits by : Mona D. Sizer
Download or read book Texas Bandits written by Mona D. Sizer. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citing the adage that "those who do not study history are condemned to get it from Hollywood," popular historian Mona Sizer profiles a dozen notorious Texas outlaws and how they have been portrayed on the Silver Screen. From Pancho Villa - who was paid $25,000 by the Mutual Film Company to portray himself - to Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow (portrayed by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty), Sizer separates fact from fancy in a fun, rollicking look at the bad guys of Texas Westerns. Sidebars ("How to Rob a Train," "How to Hold Up a Stagecoach," and "The Hollywood Posse") round out this delightful homage to actual and movie bandits alike.