Joseph G. Rosa

Joseph G. Rosa – angielski historyk Dzikiego Zachodu, autor, główny biograf Dzikiego Billa Hickoka. Biograf szeregu innych postaci tego okresu i historyk pojedynków rewolwerowców.

Od lat 50. prowadzi badania w Wielkiej Brytanii i w Stanach Zjednoczonych, gdzie uzyskał poparcie rodziny Hickocka i dostęp do rodzinnego archiwum. Udziela się na corocznych konferencjach Western History Association. Jest byłym lub aktualnym prezesem organizacji Westerners International i English Westerner's Society. Jest członkiem (ang.: fellow) Royal Society of Arts.

Bibliografia

Książki własnego autorstwa

Some shooting, Mr. Hickok! (1958)
They Called Him Wild Bill: The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok (1964)
Alias Jack McCall: A Pardon or Death? (1967)
Gunfighter (1969)
The Gunfighter: Man or Myth? (1969)
Wild Bill Hickok, peacemaker (1973)
Colonel Colt, London: The history of Colt's London firearms, 1851-1857 (1976)
Gun law: A study of violence in the Wild West (1977)
J.B. Hickok, Deputy U.S. marshal (1979)
Cowboy The Man and The Myth (1980)
The Taming of the West, Age of the gunfighter, Men and Weapons On The Frontier 1840-1900 (1993)
The West of Wild Bill Hickok (1994)
Guns of the American West (1985)
Colt Revolvers and the Tower of London (1998)
Age of the Gunfighter: Men and Weapons on the Frontier, 1840–1900 (1999)
Jack McCall, Assassin: An Updated Account of His Yankton Trial, Plea for Clemency, and Execution (1999)
Wild Bill Hickock: The Man and His Myth (1996, 2007)
Wild Bill Hickok Gunfighter: An Account of Hickok's Gunfights (2001)
Wild Bill Hickok: Sharpshooter and U.S. Marshal of the Wild West (The Library of American Lives and Times) (2004)

Jako współautor

The Pleasure of Guns : The Intricate and Beautiful Work of Famous Gunsmiths (1974)
Gunsmoke: Study of Violence in the Wild West (1977)
Illustrated History of Guns and Small Arms (1978)
California Joe: Noted Scout and Indian Fighter (1987)
Buffalo Bill and His Wild West (1989)
Rowdy Joe Lowe: Gambler with a Gun (1989)
The West From Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee: The Turbulent Story of the Settling of Frontier America (1995)
Gun Law: A Study of Violence in the Wild West
Cowboy: The Man and the Myth
Triggernometry: a Gallery of Gunfighters with Technical Notes, too, on Leather Slapping as a Fine Art, gathered from many a Loose Holstered Expert over the years (1996)
The West (1997)
Wild West Trilogy (2000)
Pioneer Settlers of Troy Grove, Illinois + Another Man Named Hickok (2001)
Why the West Was Wild: A Contemporary Look at the Antics of Some Highly Publicized Kansas Cowtown Personalities (2003)

Bibliografia

Joseph G. Rosa: Wild Bill Hickok: Sharpshooter and U.S. Marshal of the Wild West. The Rosen Publishing Group, 2004, s. 109. ISBN 0-8239-6632-1. (ang.).
Joseph G. Rosa: Wild Bill Hickok: the man and his myth. Lawrence, Kansas 66049: University Press of Kansas, 1996, s. obwoluta. F594.H62R68R68 1996 (Library of Congress); 978'.02'092-dc20 (Dewey). ISBN 0-7006-0773-0. OCLC 95-54015. (ang.).