Courtney, Bradley G. Prescott’s Original Whiskey Row. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2015.
Courtney contrasts James Dodson's local standing with the much larger popular afterlife of Hickok and the Earps.
Bradley G. Courtney, Prescott’s Original Whiskey Row (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2015), chap. 7, “The Dodson Era.”
Bradley G. Courtney, Prescott’s Original Whiskey Row (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2015), chap. 7, “The Dodson Era.”
Chapter 7; supplied PDF sheet 103; ebook display page 86 of 145
Chapter 7; supplied PDF sheet 102; ebook display page 85 of 145
Courtney, Prescott’s Original Whiskey Row, chap. 7.
Chapter 7 — The Dodson Era
Locator and paraphrase verified. Courtney's comparative judgment is interpretation; the reasons for Dodson's lesser fame require broader historiographical study.
Use note
Use as an attributed interpretation about selective memory, not as an objective ranking of frontier lawmen.