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

Author
Clavin, Tom, 1954-
Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
xiii, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents
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., and Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
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
9781250173799 (hardcover)
1250173795 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index.
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