Wild Bill Hickok, Gunfighter: A Trading Post on the Upper Missouri
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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 differences waned. . . . Easy access to a gun and whiskey coupled with gambling was the cause of most gunfights--few of which bore any resemblance to the gentlemanly duel of earlier times. . . . Hickok's gunfights were unusual in that most of them were 'fair'...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0806135352
ISBN13:9780806135359
Release Date:May 2003
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:1.06 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.6" x 9.2"
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