Rosa, Joseph G.
They called him Wild Bill: The life and adventures of James Butler Hickok / Joseph G. Rosa - Norman, OK University of Oklahoma Press 1964 - xvii, 278 p.
Introduction --
Acknowledgments --
The boy and the man --
Incident at Rock Creek --
Civil war adventures --
Springfield and a date with destiny --
Deputy United States Marshal --
Scouting for the cavalry --
A visit home --
A guide for a senator --
Peace officer in Hays --
A wild west show --
Marshal of Abilene --
The murder of Chief Whistler --
The women --
A stage career with Buffalo Bill --
A man about Cheyenne --
A man died in Deadwood --
A fitting death for an assassin --
A prince among pistoleers --
A chronology of Wild Bill.
James Butler Hickok, born in 1837 in Troy Grove, Illinois, left home in his teens to become part of the growing American West. He served as a scout, detective, and spy during the Civil War, and later in Kansas he was a deputy United States marshal. Biography which attempts to separate fact from fiction in Wild Bill Hickok's colorful career.
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Hickok, James Butler aka Hickok, Wild Bill 1837-1876
Biography
923.973 Ros 48
They called him Wild Bill: The life and adventures of James Butler Hickok / Joseph G. Rosa - Norman, OK University of Oklahoma Press 1964 - xvii, 278 p.
Introduction --
Acknowledgments --
The boy and the man --
Incident at Rock Creek --
Civil war adventures --
Springfield and a date with destiny --
Deputy United States Marshal --
Scouting for the cavalry --
A visit home --
A guide for a senator --
Peace officer in Hays --
A wild west show --
Marshal of Abilene --
The murder of Chief Whistler --
The women --
A stage career with Buffalo Bill --
A man about Cheyenne --
A man died in Deadwood --
A fitting death for an assassin --
A prince among pistoleers --
A chronology of Wild Bill.
James Butler Hickok, born in 1837 in Troy Grove, Illinois, left home in his teens to become part of the growing American West. He served as a scout, detective, and spy during the Civil War, and later in Kansas he was a deputy United States marshal. Biography which attempts to separate fact from fiction in Wild Bill Hickok's colorful career.
34252
Hickok, James Butler aka Hickok, Wild Bill 1837-1876
Biography
923.973 Ros 48