Gunfight at Mussel Slough
Subtitle: Evolution of the Western Myth (California Legacy Book)
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: August 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781890771829
Subjects: Westerns; Sources; History - U.S.; Fiction; Westerns - General; United States - 19th Century/Old West; Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; Design and construction; Mussel Slough Tragedy, 1880; Railroads
First sentence: On May 11, 1880-at Henry Brewer's homestead in the southern San Joaquin Valley district of Mussel Slough-seven men lost their lives during one of the deadlist shootouts in the history of the American West.