Wild Bill the true story of the American frontier's first gunfighter
(2019)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/HICKOK,W
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019
©2019
©2019
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xiii, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781250173799, 1250173795 :, 1250173795, 9781250173799
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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