Comments on: The Art of Manliness Podcast Episode #18: Tales of Grit From the Wild West With Matthew Mayo

By: Nate @ Practical Manliness

Nate @ Practical Manliness — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:30:05 +0000

Davy Crockett, without a doubt. All our politicians should read Crockett's Not Yours To Give. It is an important truth that has now been forgotten.

By: Michael Ritter

Michael Ritter — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:41:59 +0000

Every guy noted above was “manly,” even though some may not have been artful about it. I’m not sure Wiliam H. Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, was artful in his role in the Lincoln County Range War. How artful is a sledge hammer?
And you bet, William Clark, or Red Hair as the Indians called him, was a man’s man, a genuine frontiersman who brought true grit and hard-assed experience to the almost ridiculous physical/motivational challenges of the great expedition, and balanced out Lewis’ inexperience.
Then comes Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, manly enough to include erudition and sophistication, but also to have severely stabbed a trapper for simply loitering to perhaps steal horses in a fur camp. Being horseless meant death from the Blackfeet (and Baptiste also had a very short temper, which may/may not be so manly).

By: Neil Smith

Neil Smith — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:21:56 +0000

Take your pick. Any of the Texas Rangers, they protected Texas settlers from Indians and Mexicans with nothing but a horse, a gun and a keen vision of what Texas should be.

By: Mark Dauster

Mark Dauster — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:27:30 +0000

Captain William Owen “Bucky” O’neill
Troop “A” Rough Riders

By: Louie

Louie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:53:20 +0000

I would have to go with Doc Holiday. As the films would portray him, he was well spoken, well read, could play cards like a sun-of-gun, and could put a new vent in your skull from a hundred yards.

By: Derl Hicks

Derl Hicks — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:44:26 +0000

Hard to name a favorite. I was always interested in the Fighting Earp Brothers and then when I read several books about Wyatt and learned about his vendetta ride I was hooked on Wyatt Earp. I’m also a big fan of the guardians of the plains Bill Tilghman, Heck Thomas, and Chris Madsen. Madsen is the only one I haven’t been able to find a biograpy of yet.

By: JT

JT — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:50:24 +0000

Joseph Walker. Probably the king of all mountain men, but he never comes up in books that much because he was so successful. He planned his expeditions perfectly. Other than him I’d have to go with Bill Tilghman. Started off as an old west Marshall in the rough Indian Territory and lived all the way up to the oil boom. He was hired, in his 70′s, to clean up an oil town. It was the old west vs. mobsters. Also, Last of The Mohicans was NOT based on Daniel Boone….

By: Briain

Briain — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:40:57 +0000

Judge Roy Bean, definitely one of the most colorful characters. Dispensed “Ice Cold Beer”, And “Law West of the Pecos”

By: Keli Kear

Keli Kear — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:11:00 +0000

I always like the stories of Deputy Marshall Wyatt Earp and his posse. Particularly the time spent in Tombstone, Arizona and then the Earp Vendetta Ride.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:38:09 +0000

I have to say, my favorite figure from the Wild West is Bat Masterson. He embodies everything The Art of Manliness stands for. His word was true. He was known as a tough rugged man that was honest and fair. He was a man of vigor and had a great work ethic. Bat Masterson helped tame the old west and was as tough as they come. He stood for what was right and didn’t waiver on his principles. He was a lawman that was respected and feared. When the wild west started to become less wild, he settled back in New York as a sports reporter covering the world of pugulism and wasn’t afraid to report on a fixed fight making sure the cheat was outed. If you have a chance to read his biography, you won’t be disappointed. Bat lived an incredible life and there are some amazing stories of him taming the Old West.