Hasbro Vintage Antique Board Games. Wyatt Earp and the Buntline Special Myth. Game Talking Hippo. William B. Shillingberg. Copyright, 1. 97. Summer 1. 97. 6 Vol. No. 2, pages 1. 13 to 1. Transcribed by Tod Roberts digitized with permission ofthe Kansas Historical Society. NOTE The numbers in brackets are links to footnotes for this text. UNFORTUNATELY, stories linking weapons with Wild West heroes appear with almost monotonous regularity. Yet in the mythology of Americas West regularity should never be confused with truth. In researching any accepted belief, truth becomes more elusive and frustrating than popularizers care to admit. Perhaps the most widely accepted of all such stories concerns Wyatt Earp and Colts so called Buntline Special revolvers. Legend describes Earps gun as sporting a 1. Garish accounts then have him using this extra length barrel to subdue a host of hardcases in both Dodge City and Tombstone. Although a journalistic fabrication, at least as far as Wyatt Earp is concerned, this somewhat awesome looking weapon remains his trademark in literature and in Hollywood. This guns inseparable association with Wyatt Earp has helped scores of writers and film makers transform that individual into one of the frontiers most fascinating marshals. Yet one is strangely reminded of earlier heroes Achilles and King Arthur their feats of derring do, their mythical weapons and physical prowess. What eventually confronts serious historians is not a man but a grim visaged caricature into which has been poured all the ingredients of a super myth. The emerging figure bears little if any resemblance to anyone. Wyatt Earp is made to embody all the spirit of boldness and self reliance that most modern audiences find secretly satisfying. Fascinated, viewers visualize their hero going into action, answering to no one a seemingly unerring master of his own destiny. Using this childishly one dimensional view of the American West, lesser men find emotional escape in the person of Wyatt Earp. Yet the Buntline Special is more than just a physical prop in an ever widening fantasy. It is accepted by many as a historical fact inexorably linked to Wyatt Earps actual life, We are told again and again of dime novelist Ned Buntline giving such guns to Earp and four other worthy Dodge City peace officers some time during the summer of 1. TrivialPursuitJuniorKomplettSet.jpg' alt='Parker Brothers Trivial Pursuit Digital Choice' title='Parker Brothers Trivial Pursuit Digital Choice' />Chooch77 is a fanfiction author that has written 99 stories for Xovers, Soul Calibur, Harry Potter, Justice League, Pair of Kings, Naruto, Chronicles of Nick, DC. Cnc Program Simulator. This list consists of board gamecard sets released in US only. Other official Trivial Pursuit games such as Star Trek have been released in United Kingdom. The talented journalist Stuart N. Lake, who understood well the value of dramatic devices, first published this story 4. Registry Fix 7. Dare question the tales authenticity in some circles and you are greeted with gasps of disbelief and shown, as an antidote to your foolishness, passage after passage from Lakes highly controversial book Wyatt Earp Frontier Marshal. First published on October 7, 1. The Saturday Evening Post, this frontier thriller, through numerous editions, eventually became the most popular and influential of its genre. Serving as the basis for a number of motion pictures and a highly popular television series, Lakes grandiloquent Wild West sap has reached millions of fans over the years. Stuart Lake boldly claimed he had persuaded Wyatt Earp, just before the mans death, to give a firsthand and a factual account of his career 2 for the book Saturday Review subsequently called a rare contribution to authentic Western history. Not wishing to be outdone, the New York Times two months later added, the. Western and Southwestern frontier. As late as 1. Lakes book as the bible of cowtown literature. With such vigorous praise its no wonder that for years it went unchallenged as Wyatt Earps definitive biography. More recently, however, this book has passed under the discerning eye of qualified historians more cautious with their praise. The Buntline Special tale is now sharing the close scrutiny of serious Earp researchers and Colt firearms authorities. Not accepting Lakes version so quickly, these experts note the absence of any supporting evidence from pre Frontier Marshal secondary sources or available primary documentation. According to Lake, Wyatt Earps fame spread beyond the boundaries of Kansas prompting pulp writer Ned Buntline to visit Dodge City in the summer of 1. He came, we are told, to repay Wyatt and four of his colleagues whose exploits had supplied the writer with material for hundreds of frontier yarns. But this claim lacks the ring of truth. A close look at Buntlines works a prolific outpouring until his death in 1. Western themes. All his Western stories combined wouldnt begin to approach the volume claimed by Stuart Lake as being solely inspired by the Dodge City crowd not to mention other possible sources. Since Ned didnt write many Western yarns, readers may well ask why then did he supposedly contact these five Dodge City characters The question, therefore, is not only did he present the guns at all, but would he have done so as payment of a literary debtOn this note Ned Buntlines actual writing career, together with his many personal quirks, must be examined. In doing so it is hoped the mystery surrounding that writers reported actions in 1. If, for whatever reason, he remained uninterested in writing many Western stories, the Buntline Specials historical credibility immediately loses much of its glamour. Born Edward Zane Carroll Judson at Harpersfield, N. Y., on March 2. 0, 1. Ned Buntline Judsons most well known nom de plume began his literary career soon after receiving an acting midshipmans appointment in 1. Although only a boy of 1. Judson anonymously contributed his first story to Lewis Gaylord Clarks prestigious magazine The Knickerbocker. Over the next several years he sent a deluge of swashbuckling sea thrillers to various publications, including for a time Ballous Pictorial, The Flag of the Union, and The Dollar Magazine. Judson resigned from the navy in 1. Ned Buntlines Magazine at Pittsburgh in association with his father and one Henry Beeler. After its early demise Ned assumed the role of newspaper publisher at Paducah, Ky., with a political scandal sheet entitled Ned Buntlines Own. After a few months he discontinued the publication in order to serve as editor of the newly formed Western Literary Journal and Monthly Review. I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul. Subscribe to Print Get our Best Deal Get a print subscription to Readers Digest and instantly enjoy free digital access on any device. Get exclusive film and movie reviews from THR, the leading source of film reviews online. We take an honest look at the best and worst movies Hollywood has to offer. Its almost certainly not aliens, but once again, Tabbys Star is acting hella weird. The star that first became our planetary obsession back in the fall of 2015. Parker Brothers Trivial Pursuit Digital Choice' title='Parker Brothers Trivial Pursuit Digital Choice' />This venture too folded within a short time. In November, 1. 84. Buntline reportedly earned 6. Eddyville, Ky. On March 1. Robert Porterfield, the husband of one of his teenage admirers at Nashville. Buntline vainly protested his innocence by claiming, No proof has ever been advanced that I ever touched her hand. This line of defense is deceiving as the trend of opinion suggested actions of a far more intimate nature. At the trial following this shooting Porterfields brother, along with a number of his friends, fired several shots at Ned, who wisely bolted from the defense table and fled the crowded courtroom through an open window. He darted across the street seeking refuge in the old City Hotel, but not before being shot in the chest by some unknown assailant and hit on the head with a rock thrown by a passing Negro. With a lynch mob at his heels Buntline jumped to an adjoining building but missed his grip. He reportedly fell some 5. That night the mob stormed the jail and hanged the amorous writer from a conveniently placed awning post. Through the timely intervention of a friend Buntline survived that nights revelry and eventually returned to court with a successful plea of self defense.