The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City. 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. He crossed paths with General Custer and Buffalo Bill Cody, as well as Ben Thompson and other young toughs gunning for…mehr
The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City. 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. He crossed 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. Wild Bill also fell in love-multiple times-before marrying the true love of his life, Agnes Lake, the impresario of a traveling circus. He would be buried however, next to fabled frontierswoman Calamity Jane. Even before his death, Wild Bill became a legend, with fiction sometimes supplanting fact in the stories that surfaced. Once, in a bar in Nebraska, he was confronted by four men, three of whom he killed in the ensuing gunfight. A famous Harper's Magazine article credited Hickok with slaying 10 men that day; by the 1870s, his career-long kill count was up to 100. The legend of Wild Bill has only grown since his death in 1876, when cowardly Jack McCall famously put a bullet through the back of his head during a card game. Bestselling author Tom Clavin has sifted through years of western lore to bring Hickock fully to life in this rip-roaring, spellbinding true story.
TOM CLAVIN is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and has worked as a newspaper editor, magazine writer, TV and radio commentator, and a reporter for The New York Times. He has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and National Newspaper Association. His books include the bestselling Frontier Lawmen trilogy-Wild Bill, Dodge City, and Tombstone-and Blood and Treasure, The Last Hill, and Throne of Grace with Bob Drury. He lives in Sag Harbor, NY.
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Author's Note Prologue ACT I 1. A New England Clan 2. Bloody Kansas 3. Death at Rock Creek Station 4. Behind Enemy Lines 5. The Gunfighter ACT II 6. Along the Chisholm Trail 7. Frontier Fame 8. Life of a Frontier Marshal 9. Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill 10. "They Killed Me" 11. The Man-Killer 12. The Two-Fisted Marshal 13. The Streets of Abilene 14. A Three-Ring Romance ACT III 15. The Running of the Bulls 16. The Reluctant Thespian 17. The Cheyenne Loafer 18. A Woman Called Calamity 19. A Married Man 20. Deadwood Days 21. The Premonition 22. Dead Man's Hand Epilogue Acknowledgements Selected Bibliography Index
Author's Note Prologue ACT I 1. A New England Clan 2. Bloody Kansas 3. Death at Rock Creek Station 4. Behind Enemy Lines 5. The Gunfighter ACT II 6. Along the Chisholm Trail 7. Frontier Fame 8. Life of a Frontier Marshal 9. Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill 10. "They Killed Me" 11. The Man-Killer 12. The Two-Fisted Marshal 13. The Streets of Abilene 14. A Three-Ring Romance ACT III 15. The Running of the Bulls 16. The Reluctant Thespian 17. The Cheyenne Loafer 18. A Woman Called Calamity 19. A Married Man 20. Deadwood Days 21. The Premonition 22. Dead Man's Hand Epilogue Acknowledgements Selected Bibliography Index
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