They called him Wild Bill:
by Rosa, Joseph G.
Published by : University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, OK) Physical details: xvii, 278 p. Year: 1964| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| sw 900 - 999 | 923.973 Ros (Browse shelf) | Available | Memorial | 34252 |
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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