An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List
Ep. 740: The Gunfighters
July 28, 2025
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Bryan Burrough
Context:
Steve Rinella is listing Bryan Burrough's published works at the beginning of the interview, mentioning this as one of his eight books and four New York Times bestsellers.
Author: Bryan Burrough
Context:
Steve Rinella continues listing Bryan Burrough's published works, describing this book about crime during the 1930s.
Author: Bryan Burrough
Context:
Steve Rinella lists another of Bryan Burrough's books about Texas oil families.
Author: Bryan Burrough
Context:
Steve Rinella mentions this book and later discusses it with Burrough, asking about its main argument regarding slavery's role in Texas independence.
Author: Bryan Burrough
Context:
This is the main book being discussed in the interview, about gunfighters in the American West and Texas's role in that history. Steve mentions he's halfway through reading it and loves it.
Author: Ron Hansen
Context:
Steve asks who wrote this book, and after some discussion, they confirm the author is Ron Hansen (not Robert Hansen). Steve describes it as 'the hell of a book' and discusses details from it about Bob Ford's death.