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

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. You've followed the misdeeds and cuss-filled rants of the television character, now go inside the life-and death-of the real Al Swearingen. With meticulous research and lively writing, Deadwood historian and HBO Deadwood series consultant Jerry L. Bryant and-co-author Barbara Fifer shed new ...