Deadwood's Al Swearingen: Manifest Evil in the Gem Theatre - Paperback

by Jerry L. Bryant (Author), Barbara Fifer (Author)

You've followed his wicked misdeeds and cuss-filled rants on the HBO series Deadwood (as played by Ian McShane), now go inside the life and death of the real Al Swearingen with Farcountry Press' newest release, Deadwood's Al Swearingen: Manifest Evil in the Gem Theatre. Meticulous research and lively writing by Deadwood historian and HBO consultant Jerry L. Bryant and co-author Barbara Fifer shed new light on Al's scandalized childhood in Oskaloosa, Iowa, his nefarious dealings at his saloon and brothel in gold-rush-era Deadwood, and his brutal death (was he murdered?) in a Denver rail yard.

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He was the meanest man in a mean town- Deadwood. He was prone to violence, ruthless in romance, cutthroat in business. Al Swearingen ran the Gem Theatre with cunning, wicked self-interest, and his fists. Includes rare photographs of Al Swearingen and the Gem Theatre, newspaper accounts of Al's scrapes with the law, details on Al's family and the violent demise of his twin brother, Al's 1904 obituary and never before published burial record. Come along for an inside look at the life and times of "the Devil of Deadwood."