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Joseph G. Rosa
James Butler Hickok, generally called ‘Wild Bill, ’ epitomized the archetypal gunfighter, that half-man, half-myth that became the heir to the mystique of the duelist when that method of resolving…
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The gunfighter was a man bred in a lawless and violent era of civil war, range wars, and greed for land and gold.
Of all the Old West figures whose images eventually found their way into our popular culture, none was better known than Wild Bill Hickok. This book reproduces in one volume…
Excavating the reality behind the myth, this work delves into the exploits and ego that defined Wild Bill Hickok, a notorious character of the Wild West, and shows how the…
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Profiles the life and career of the American scout, U.S. marshal and wild west showman.
Joseph G. Rosa,Waldo E. Koop,Joseph G Rosa
A view into the smoke-filled saloons, brothels, and gamblinghellsof the frontier WestJoseph Lowe attracted trouble the way a magnet draws iron. Eventually this strange talent cost him his…
Robert K. DeArment
In the 1870s, Deadwood was a thriving - and largely lawless - boomtown. And as any fan of western history and films knows, stagecoach robberies were a regular feature of…
Eugene Cunningham
In this new edition, Eugene Cunningham collects together biographies of a score of master gunfighters, including John Wesley Hardin, Billy the Kid, Dallas Stoudenmire, Sam Bass, Wild Bill Hickok, Butch…
A comprehensive and comparative examination of the concept of recognition across history and disciplines.
