Gunfights
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Gunfights
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004004600
- info:lc/authorities/sh2004004600
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2004004600#concept
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Variants
- Battles, Gun
- Fighting
- Fights, Gun
- Gun battles
- Gun fights
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Sources
- found: Work cat.: Bell, B.B. Classic gunfights, 2003: v. 1, pref. (features 24 gunfights chosen from the feature Classic gunfights appearing regularly in True West magazine)
- found: Random House dict. (Gunfight: a battle between two or more people or groups armed with guns, esp. a confrontation between two gunfighters using revolvers in the frontier days of the American West)
- found: Blevins, W. Dict. of the Am. West, 1993 (Gun: in the West, a pistol, not a rifle; combinations: gunfight, which first appeared in the late 1800s and means "a shooting affray"; Gun battle and gunplay are modern terms for gunfight)
- found: Hendrickson, R. Happy trails, 1994 (Gun fight; gun battle: expressions used in the West for a fight with guns)
Change Notes
- 2004-03-02: new
- 2004-05-13: revised
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