btw. A few other historical figures represented on the show:
Sol Star, Charlie Utter, E. B. Farnum, Dan Dority, Wyatt
Earp.
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
<jimdohertyjr@...> wrote:
>
> Those of you who are DEADWOOD fans might be
interested
> in an interview with series creator David Milch in
the
> latest issue of AMERICAN HERITAGE.
>
> In addition to discussing the historical background
of
> the series, the article draws comparisons
between
> DEADWOOD and Hammett's RED HARVEST, as well as
another
> hard-boiled and (for its time) ground-breaking
western
> that has been mentioned here recently,
GUNSMOKE.
>
> While I'm on this subject I'll take the opportunity
to
> ask Jim Beaver a question. Since your
character,
> Whitney Ellsworth, represents a particular TYPE
of
> character but has no actual historical
counterpart
> (like Bullock, Swearingen, Hickok, and Jane),
I've
> often wondered if the choice of name is a
coincidence.
>
> But having recently discovered that you wrote the
IMDb
> bios of Jack "Jimmy Olsen" Larson and John
"Perry
> White" Hamilton, I'm compelled to ask if
your
> character's name is a deliberate tip of the hat to
a
> certain comic book writer/TV producer.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
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