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Wild Bill : the true story of the American frontier's first gunfighter Cover Image Book Book

Wild Bill : the true story of the American frontier's first gunfighter / Tom Clavin.

Clavin, Tom, 1954- (author.).

Summary:

In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, MO--the first quick-draw duel on the frontier. Thus began the reputation that made him a marked man to every gunslinger in the Wild West. James Butler Hickock was known across the frontier as a soldier, Union spy, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler, showman, and actor. Wild Bill became a legend, crossing paths with General Custer and Buffalo Bill Cody, as well as Ben Thompson and other young toughs gunning for the sheriff with the quickest draw west of the Mississippi

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  • ISBN: 9781250756008
  • Physical Description: ,xiv 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (351-358 and index 359-381)
Formatted Contents Note:
Author's note -- Prologue
Act I: A New England clan -- Bloody Kansas -- Death at Rock Creek Station -- Behind enemy lines -- The gunfighter
Act II: Along the Chisholm trail -- Frontier fame -- Life of a frontier marshal -- Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill -- "They killed me" -- The man-killer -- The two-fisted marshal -- The streets of Abilene -- A three-ring romance
Act III: The running of the bulls -- The reluctant thespian -- The Cheyenne loafer -- A woman called Calamity -- A married man -- Deadwood days -- The premonition -- Dead man's hand
Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Selected bibliography -- Index

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Subject: Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876.
Peace officers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > Biography.
West (U.S.) > History > 1860-1890.
Genre: Biography.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Blair County Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tyrone-Snyder Public Library.

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